This cache is all about prime numbers. One of us has been playing with
finding prime numbers recently, and we decided that we could use one of
them for a cache. For those who slept through math, a prime number is
a positive whole number that can only be evenly divided by itself and
the number one. The number one is not considered a prime number.
The numbers 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, etc. are.
To find the cache, you need to do a little bit of math before setting out.
Now don't run screaming into the night just yet, it really isn't that hard.
There's some subtraction, some addition, an exponentiation, and a single
factoring. Aside from maybe the factoring, you learned all of this in grade
school, right? Right!
To start off, there is a prime number at this web page:
http://www.kiwimonster.net/primecache.html
Subtract that number from
2
65536
(that is two raised to the 65536th power).
The resulting number is not prime, which just seems wrong
somehow, but it does have just two prime factors. You will need
to determine those prime factors.
Take the larger prime factor, and add it to the decimal part of the minutes
of the longitude (the 458 part). Then, take the smaller prime factor,
and add it to the decimal part of the minutes of the latitude (the 267 part).
Go to that location, and you will find the Prime Cache!
The cache is a tennis ball canister - not a lot of space. Things in the cache should
have a prime number on them, or have at least something remotely to do
with prime numbers. Be creative!
Cache is started with five items:
- Compass with built-in number two pencil
- A pink ruler with scales in two units
- Three inflating needles
- A sports car with a number 11
- A fabulous calculator ($3 value)