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ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A 5TH GRADER? Mystery Cache

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Hidden : 6/14/2013
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

The coordinates above are not where the cache is located. In honor of the 1st day of summer for the local school kids: here is a cache. The local 5th graders had to solve these at a math competition.  I hope you are smarter then them.  You may use any device or person to help you answer them.   I raised the difficulty from a 2 to 3 in include the change in location.

Solve these questions to get the coordinates of the cache.  

N 44 L X. A i L

W 070 r Z.R b Y

1.  Alexandria is selling jars of homemade blueberry and strawberry jam at the local
fair. She sells the jam in boxes. Each box has one kind of jam, and all boxes have
the same number of jars. She has 48 jars of blueberry jam and 27 jars of
strawberry jam. What is the greatest number of jars she can put in each box?

 Answer:    r   jars

2.  Simplify          17 – 45 ÷ 5 + 7 x 3 + 0.4 x 3 =  

Answer:   RY.X

3.  Jalyssa and Kyle have to decorate a tree for their grandmother.  Jalyssa has a string of lights that is 5 feet 6 inches long and Kyle has a string of lights that is 2 yards, 2 feet, and 3 inches long.  How many total inches of lights do Kyle and Jalyssa have together?
    
Answer: L  # i  

4. What number comes next in this sequence?

            7, 19, 55, 163, ______

Answer:   B#A

5,  At the beginning of each hour from 1 o'clock AM to noon and from 1 o'clock PM     to midnight a coo-coo clock's coo-coo bird coo-coos the number of times equal to the number of the hour.  In addition, the coo-coo clock's coo-coo bird coo-coos a single time at 30 minutes past each hour.  How many times does the coo-coo bird coo-coo from 12:42 PM on Monday until 3:42 AM on Wednesday?  

Answer:   ZA#

You can check your answers for this puzzle on GeoChecker.com.

If you need help, I'll pretend to be like my son's math teacher and guide you along: but no answers.

I had to move the cache--Once you get to the coordinates, look 35 feet south for the container.

I had to move the cache--Once you get to the coordinates, look 35 feet south for the container.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Crgeb

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)