#word math

[ana-log]

I should get back into formal logic. I did so enjoy it. Just remembered.

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方向 fāng xiàng Directions

北 Běi North

东 Dōng East

西 Xī West

南 Nán South

North east, south east, north west, etc. are all easy to remember with some simple word math.

The only difference is that while in English we put North/South first, Mandarin puts East/west first instead.

东 + 北 = 东北 [dōng běi] Northeast

Anyone traveling this holiday? I am! Can’t wait ^_^

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Words of the Day

水 shuǐ Water

冫 + 水 bīng Ice

冫 is a radical added to over a hundred characters to represent cold/ice. When added to water, it becomes ice.

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That Word Math Segment

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[rjwrites22]

Logic is like word math, and I like math, so I like logic. Actually, that’s a proper logical argument. I’d explain it, but I don’t feel like it right now.

[thomasdbaxter]

Puzzle #18: Word Math #1 / Poor Division

Like last week, this is another type that I imagine may show up again and again here. Because they're so small, there won't be as many long, branching deductions to do; they make a nice break between things like extra large Kakuro problems and extra large Nurikabe problems.

Here are three Word Math puzzles; specifically, each of these three is a long division problem. However, they're all wrong; ELEVEN divided by FIVE should not be ONE with remainder FOUR. To fix them, change each letter to a digit from 0 to 9, inclusive. Two different letters do not map to the same digit, and every instance of the same letter maps to the same digit. (So ELEVEN can change to 121314, but not 111314 [E=L] nor 123456 [E=1,3,5].)

Please enjoy!

—Thomas

         ONE FIVE | ELEVEN       FIVE       HFROE       HOLLU        IUIEN        HEHNE         FOUR          TEN FOUR | TWELVE       TFNO        ETLV        EUOE         NRRE         NOLE          TWO      NINE SIX | TWENTY    SIX      OEIN      OOWD        TNT      SIX      NIXY      NEYS       ONE

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[aholeinthewhole]

word math

Earth without art is just 'Eh'. (saw this spray painted on a wall once)

[robeqrt]

Word Math

Gemini + Genius IQ... I'm a Gemius.