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Ah touche, and what a numberwang to come back with...

Ill hang in there with a 33.33

>>Eight - (seven/seven) = seven

Nice try, but the numbers are all different. Sorry if I didn't make that clear earlier.


Geggs

54.7 as a counter to that

And at the risk of giving away my little puzzle entirely:

20


Geggs

in your puzzle- all the numbers have five letters in them?

Yes and no. All the names of the numbers have five letters in them, which isn't quite the same thing.


Geggs

The name of one of my favourite numbers is Stephen.
Hmmm. Not a very good entry for Numberwang though.

I'll go with 16.

But oddly, you are thinking in the right kind of way.

I repeat my my first clue:

12


Geggs

No idea...too busy digesting breakfast...





So I'll go with 1.571428571428571428571428

Ah, now that's 11/7. So I'll follow with 11/9:

1.2222222222222222


Geggs

With that nifty 11/9 I'll counter with...


1.57079632679489661923132169163975 (or pi/2)

I respond with 13.5. But that's not jsut any 13.5, oh no.

It's 27/2


Geggs

the number 12 has six letters in the name, though. So how is that a clue?

Not if you say it in french

There is another name for 12. That's all I'm saying.

And:

20


Geggs

hmmmn.... I'm intrigued here. I want to work it out.

Dozen, Score...

are you a bad footballer - or a goalie Geggs ??

9.234

Ah, you've got the right idea. Keep thinking on that line, and you've got all the numbers you need to solve the puzzle.

And a number that is not a clue in any way, despite having five letters:

7


Geggs

Ok....
How about

Dozen - ( Forty / Eight ) = Seven

OR

Score - ( Gross / Dozen ) = Eight

Two possible answers!???

Well done, Uncle Ghengis, you've cracked the puzzle.

The second one is the answer I have. The first answer you gave didn't occur to me. And especially well done on finding it. I'd like to award you a numberwang for that, but it really has to be for a single number.

So, given that there are 7 numbers in your post, do you want a numberwang for dozen, forty, eight, seven, score, gross or two? Just say and it is yours!


Geggs