OT: Planets math puzzle

Maple Leafs · 11-24-2003, 01:35 PM

One more puzzle for the day, since the Pirates one has been solved. This one is a different kind of puzzle, not sure how well it will go over but let's find out.

Four words add up to a fifth word numerically:

Code:

     mars
    venus
   uranus
   saturn
  -------- +
  neptune

Each of those ten letters (m, a, r, s, v, e, n, u, t, and p) represents a unique number in the range 0 to 9. An additional hint: the numbers 1 and 6 are being used most frequently.

What number does "neptune" represent?

VPI97 · 11-24-2003, 01:53 PM

Code:

cuervo72 · 11-24-2003, 02:00 PM

From where I was headed, it looks like VPI is right.

Celeval · 11-24-2003, 02:01 PM

1,078,610

Spoilers following in next post if no one got it yet.

Celeval · 11-24-2003, 02:01 PM

Damn, too slow.

Maple Leafs · 11-24-2003, 02:37 PM

Nicely done.

Just curious, do people prefer these kinds of puzzles (where you work towards one answer, and you know it when you find it) or the logic-type puzzles like the lions/sheep or pirates?

VPI97 · 11-24-2003, 02:41 PM

Multiple-step puzzle that leads to one answer.

albionmoonlight · 11-24-2003, 02:42 PM

I like lions/sheep type puzzles.

Maple Leafs · 11-24-2003, 02:44 PM

OK. Winston Churchill is sitting in a room, surrounded by ten hungry lions...

11-24-2003, 01:53 PM	#2
VPI97 Hokie, Hokie, Hokie, Hi Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Kennesaw, GA	Code: 4593 20163 695163 358691 -------- + 1078610 __________________ CT & Jivin - "Surprisingly Entertaining"

11-24-2003, 02:00 PM	#3
cuervo72 Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Maryland	From where I was headed, it looks like VPI is right. __________________ null

11-24-2003, 02:41 PM	#7
VPI97 Hokie, Hokie, Hokie, Hi Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Kennesaw, GA	Multiple-step puzzle that leads to one answer. __________________ CT & Jivin - "Surprisingly Entertaining"

11-24-2003, 02:01 PM	#4
Celeval Pro Starter Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Cary, NC, USA	1,078,610 Spoilers following in next post if no one got it yet.

11-24-2003, 02:37 PM	#6
Maple Leafs Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2002	Nicely done. Just curious, do people prefer these kinds of puzzles (where you work towards one answer, and you know it when you find it) or the logic-type puzzles like the lions/sheep or pirates?

11-24-2003, 02:42 PM	#8
albionmoonlight Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: North Carolina	I like lions/sheep type puzzles.

11-24-2003, 02:44 PM	#9
Maple Leafs Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2002	OK. Winston Churchill is sitting in a room, surrounded by ten hungry lions...

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