Checkpoints Class News
Class of 1960

MARCH 2020 NOTAM
These NOTAMs were items sent to the Scribe but, due to imposed length
limitations, couldn't be included in the magazine article.

Here are the puzzlers from Ron Deep that our Scribe promised in the March issue of Checkpoints

Deep in Thoughts--March Challenges

Cryptogram
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Math
  • Which were the most gifts received on the 12 days of Christmas song?

  • √2 + √3 ≈ ?

  • Compute the probability that the drawn card from a deck of 52 is either a Club or a 7.

  • If the sum of four consecutive numbers is 38, what is the mean of the largest and the smallest of the four numbers?

  • Paid $100 per day for 7 days or Paid $10 per day but doubled each ensuing day for 7days. Which is more?

  • Which is greater: eπ or πe?

  • 33550336, 8128, 496, 28, ?

  • The three solutions of the equation f(x) = 0 are -2, 0, and 3.
    Find three solutions of the equation f(x - 2) = 0. when f(x) = (x + 2)(x)(x-3)
  • Verbal/Analogies (8 Noels)
    FTS : Frosty :: TFN : ?
    SCICTT : Coming :: TTDOC : ?
    WSW : Shepards :: WWYAMC :?
    SN : Silent :: SR : ?
    JTTW : Joy :: JB : ?
    LISLISLIS : It :: ICUTMC : ?
    Merry : Christmas :: Feliz : ?
    Drummer Boy : Pa Rum Pum Pum Pum :: Deck the Halls: ?
    Cogito ergo sum : Descartes :: Qualis artifex pereo : ?
    Clipboard : Cupboard :: Laughter : ?
    Kiss : Hand :: Pat :: ?

    Identify who said
    1. Keep calm and carry on.
    2. All I was doing was trying to get home from work.
    3. You miss 100 percent of the shots you never take.
    4. Good artists copy, great artists steal.
    5. If you think you can do a thing or think you can’t do a thing, you’re right.

    Mini Crossword
        Across
    1. Cut crust
    2. At______.
    3. Live back
    4. Mess offering
        Down
    1. Appear
    2. Give in
    3. Largest continent
    4. Ding-a-ling


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