Mr. P's cable provider allows him to search for a program title using the keypad on his remote. For example,
he would press 8-4-3-6-2-6-9-4-6-5-6-3-9-4-6-3-4-6-4-8-9 to search for "The Man Who Knew Infinity" (the 2015 movie about Indian mathematician
Srinivasa Ramanujan). The search engine usually finds the title long before Mr. P has typed in all the numbers.
In this puzzle, you are to use the standard keypad to determine the three math words below.
Word #1: 3-7-8-2-8-4-6-6
Word #2: 4-3-6-6-3-8-7-9
Word #3: 7-8-2-8-7-2-2-8-4-6-6
Solution to the Problem:
The answers are:
Word #1: EQUATION
Word #2: GEOMETRY
Word #3: SUBTRACTION
Correctly solved by:
| 1. Kennedy Vis |
Central High School, Grand Junction, Colorado |
| 2. Sidona Johnston |
Central High School, Grand Junction, Colorado |
| 3. Ritwik Chaudhuri | Santiniketan, West Bengal, India |
| 4. Veena Mg | Bangalore, Karnataka, India |
| 5. Colin (Yowie) Bowey | Beechworth, Victoria, Australia |
| 7. Davit Banana | Istanbul, Turkey |
| 8. Sara Gagler |
Central High School, Grand Junction, Colorado |
| 9. Mrs. Torres' 6th grade science students |
St Benedict Preparatory School, Chicago, Illinois |
| 10. Jonathan Punke |
Bremen High School, Midlothian, Illinois |
| 11. Mrs. Painter’s Geometry Class |
Broome High School, Spartanburg, South Carolina |
| 12. Emalee Bugas |
Mountain View High School, Mountain view, Wyoming |
| 13. Indianna Covington |
Mountain View High School, Mountain view, Wyoming |
| 14. Mya Marquez |
Central High School, Grand Junction, Colorado |
| 15. Dr. Hari Kishan |
D.N. College, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India |