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"A puzzle for yous all..."

My first is in biscuit but never in cake
My second's in awesome but not in great
My third is in mother but not seen in dad
My fourth is in sunny but never in sad
My fifth is a vowel found in water not creek
My sixth is found only in one day of the week
My seventh's two of three that you learn when you're young
My eighth's not in song but it's there when it's sung
My ninth's in eleven and twelve, not thirteen
My tenth is in island and river, not stream
My eleventh's in precious and secret and paste
My twelfth is in phantom and spectre and haste
My whole stalks the night in a quiet dreamlike state
With no memories the next day of being out late

quickly shoe me before I go home

Rosalind wrote:
> what answer did the site give?

99 + (99/99) = 100

GGGggrrrr

Simon Says wrote:
> I did ((9*9)+9)+(9/9)
>
> but having looked again I think the site wants you to use addition and
> division and decimals only, no multiplication
>
> but it cheats
>
> I hate this puzzle now :(

anybody going to have a go without multiplication, or shall I tell you how the evil cheating site says it should be done?

what answer did the site give?

Gangsta Hamsta wrote:
> Simon Says wrote:
> I did ((9*9)+9)+(9/9)
>
> but having looked again I think the site wants you to use addition
> and
> division and decimals only, no multiplication
>
> but it cheats
>
> I hate this puzzle now :(
>
> thats 91 too?

I forgot to add the other nine to it, to make 100

Simon Says wrote:
> I did ((9*9)+9)+(9/9)

Thats 5 nines and it doesn't add up to a hundred unless you add the last nine on to it.

Simon Says wrote:
> I did ((9*9)+9)+(9/9)
>
> but having looked again I think the site wants you to use addition and
> division and decimals only, no multiplication
>
> but it cheats
>
> I hate this puzzle now :(

thats 91 too?

I did ((9*9)+9)+(9/9)

but having looked again I think the site wants you to use addition and division and decimals only, no multiplication

but it cheats

I hate this puzzle now :(

Rosalind wrote:
> 9/9 = 1
> 9+1 = 10
>
> 9/9 = 1
> 9+1 = 10
>
> 10*10 = 100

Is this wrong?

Simon Says wrote:
> Gangsta Hamsta wrote:
> (((9*9)+9)/9) + (9*9) ?????
>
> I make that 101

Actually, its 91!

ooops