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Tricky Math: Number of the BEAST

Tricky Math: Number of the BEAST

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If
223 = 0
334 = 1
445 = 2
556 = 1
667 = 2
778 = 2
889 = 5

What is 666?

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Originally posted by wolfgang59
If
223 = 0
334 = 1
445 = 2
556 = 1
667 = 2
778 = 2
889 = 5

What is 666?
990,990,990

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Originally posted by coquette
990,990,990
Thanks for trying ... but the answer is between 0 & 9

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Originally posted by wolfgang59
If
223 = 0
334 = 1
445 = 2
556 = 1
667 = 2
778 = 2
889 = 5

What is 666?
3

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Originally posted by AThousandYoung
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Correct

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Originally posted by coquette
990,990,990
=9

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Originally posted by AThousandYoung
=9
Yes ... things must be slow in the other fora.

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If

223 = 3
334 = 2
445 = 1
556 = 3
667 = 2
778 = 1
889 = 3

What is 666?

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Originally posted by AThousandYoung
If

223 = 3
334 = 2
445 = 1
556 = 3
667 = 2
778 = 1
889 = 3

What is 666?
2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9 are worth 1
4 and 7 are worth 0

666 = 3

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Correct.

If

223 = 2
334 = 3
445 = 8
556 = 4
667 = 2
778 = 4
889 = 0

What is 666?

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Originally posted by AThousandYoung
Correct.

If

223 = 2
334 = 3
445 = 8
556 = 4
667 = 2
778 = 4
889 = 0

What is 666?
A solution (there are others)
is
2=1
3=0
4=3
5=2
6=0
7=2
8=0
9=0

666 = 0
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Yes.

Why does 4=3 and 6=0?

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Originally posted by AThousandYoung
Yes.

Why does 4=3 and 6=0?
No idea .. just solved it algebraically 😕

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Originally posted by wolfgang59
No idea .. just solved it algebraically 😕
The first post was about the number of holes in each digit. Same sort of reasoning applies here.

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Originally posted by AThousandYoung
The first post was about the number of holes in each digit. Same sort of reasoning applies here.
Straight pen strokes in figure?

223 = 7
334 = 6
445 = 5
556 = 10
667 = 7
778 = 14
889 = 0
666 = ?

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