I was feeling a bit clever

1. Nov 15, 2005

tribdog

Secret codes are often needed
to keep a message hid.

Having numbers stand for letters
was a trick they often did.

in letters on a line.

The secret letter writer wrote
1-9-1-5-1-9

But what if it was different
and the numbers went to ground?

If s-i-x is half a dozen
at what number is a found?

2. Nov 15, 2005

dgoodpasture2005

I'm not sure I'm right... but could it be "1"? My brain is quite teased... :-/... ok ok.. it's 1.

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3. Nov 15, 2005

tribdog

C'mon people. This is the such a good brain teaser. In the style of that brainteaser we all know and love: The Sphinx. It is definately solvable,

4. Nov 15, 2005

scott1

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5. Nov 15, 2005

turbo

If you like integer math, the answer is zero.

6. Nov 15, 2005

tribdog

If you realize that Math isn't always the answer you might come closer to a correct answer

7. Nov 15, 2005

tribdog

hints:
I can' hide them completely so don't look if you don't have to

during a fox hunt sometimes the fox will "go to ground"
it cannot be found, it hides.

half a dozen is 6.
if s-i-x is the code for half a dozen
maybe you have to spell out the numbers, o-n-e, t-w-o, etc

at what number is A found??

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8. Nov 15, 2005

scott1

9. Nov 15, 2005

scott1

The Amswear

Answear: .-
--. --- --- -.. - . .- ... . .-.

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10. Nov 15, 2005

tribdog

11. Nov 15, 2005

scott1

Atleast found out why it isn't. It runs in the faimly:rofl:

12. Nov 15, 2005

scott1

It's half numbers and half letters it's A-1

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13. Nov 15, 2005

tribdog

let's see someone let me know when they see an A
o-n-e,two,three,four,five,six,seven,eight,nine,ten,eleven....nine hundred ninety eight, nine hundred ninety nine, one thousAnd.
anything yet?

14. Nov 15, 2005

Spin_Network

After burying my head in the sAnd, I say the answer is:
101 or, o-n-e-h-u-n-d-e-r-e-d-A-n-d-o-n-e
??

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15. Nov 16, 2005

tribdog

right idea wrong number, and is not actually part of the number. if it was I would have learned about it on my twenty and one birthday

16. Nov 16, 2005

dgoodpasture2005

what does go to ground mean? does that have to do with the sphinx and the sAnd? like thousand.. i suppose if we go backwards, negAtive-one would be the first with an A in it. I'm not sure what we'r looking for, the first A that comes up in the letters of a number without pretexts?

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