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January M&G Puzzle Mystery Cache

Hidden : 1/20/2020
Difficulty:
3.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


This puzzle was placed for the January TCC Meet and Greet.

The cache is not at the posted coordinates. To find this cache you will need to solve the puzzle to ge the cache coordinates.

N 43 [E-B] [E+G] . [J-N] [B+C+K] [I/E]   W 084 [L-N] [H-M-F-L] . [(F*A) +D+C] [E-G] [M]

A.  If a hole is 10x2x2 feet, how much dirt would be in it?

B.  If you were a circle, how many sides would you have?

C.  You're in a race at Tri-City Motor Speedway, you pass the car in 2nd place, what place would you be in?

D.  If you take away half of five you get.....?

E.  Midland Dow is playing Midland in a basketball game, how many players are on the basketball court for each team?

F.  What are the number of letters in the alphabet?

G.  At Midland Dow they teach the students that half of 5 is 3, what do they think one-third of 10 is?

H.  At the Midland Mall there was a contest to guess how many jellybeans were in a jar. GrammyJinxx guessed 30, Slamere72 guessed 28, Graywolf5 guessed 29, Kirtlandii guessed 25, and paputnam guessed 26. Two were off the mark by 1, one was wrong by 4, and one by 3. But one was correct. How many jellybeans are in the jar at the mall?

I.  A clothing store in the Midland Mall has devised its own method of pricing clothing. A belt costs $20, pants ost $25, a tie costs $15 and a blouse costs $30. How much would a pair of underwear cost?

J.  Mo goes to the vegetable stand. There are 14 ears of corn in the bin. Mo leaves the stand with 3 ears. How much corn remains in the bin?

K.  There are 10 candies in a bag. If you take 2 candies out, how many do you have?

L.  Cans of pop costs 25 cents each, including deposit. When you return an empty can you get 5 cents back. jvr18 has 25 empty pop cans. How many full cans of pop can jvr18 buy after she returns her empty cans?

M. When you take half this number you get three. 

N.  5 cats can catch 5 mice in 5 minutes. How many minutes would it take one cat to catch one mouse?

  

 

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Thneqrq

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)