Larry Slater

Here are numbers that will produce ’some’ of the letters of a noun. The object is to come up with the missing letters to make the correct word. You could put all these in one list or use them in your own game of finding the objects in a room.

7738_00_
_3507_
_70845_1
1-_14
700_5_00_
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31 times 11 times 11 equals a small island. (isle)
3 to the ninth power plus 35,495 equals what is married life. (bliss)
5,016 times 11 plus 2,542 equals what comes at the first of the month. (bills)
1,000 plus 852.8667 times 2 equals the bottom of your shoe. (heel, sole)
851 squared minus [...]

Here is some fun with names and numbers. See if you can come up with your own equations to get these numbers.
77383517 – Lise Bell
73451814 – Hi Bishel
51773717 – Lil Ellis
55347718 – Bill Hess
77140808 – Bobo Hill
33731573 – Elsie Lee
77145173 – Eli Shill
73805808 – Bob Sobel
70531770 – Ollie Sol
This can be an interesting way to [...]

The equations can be written out in symbol form or given in spoken ‘English’ form; whichever you think will be most beneficial for your group.

The square root of 196 equals a greeting. (hi)
44 times 70 equals a musical instrument. (oboe)
52,043 divided by 71 equals a sea creature. (eel)
30,000 minus 2,457,433 times 2 equals [...]