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Mad Ade's Funky Fractions 10
Letter-Equations
Letter Equations are well known phrases or facts where the key words have been replaced with the first letter of that word. These are often in the form of an equation, which contain a number, an = sign and the rest of the obscured phrase or fact.Letter-Equations
The idea of this teaser is to split the given words into the relevant fractions and then add the two fractions of words into one single word, once you have worked out which fraction of the word you need.
for example 3/5 of Green and 1/2 of Neat would be Great.
3/5 of green =Gre
1/2 of Neat= at
gre+at= Great
The first part of the fraction in the teaser will be in the first part of the finished word and all letters are used in the correct order with no skipping of letters, i.e. 2/5 of Green cannot be GE because it skips the letter R, but it could be EE.
1. 1/3 of principal + half of zero
2. 3/4 of bent + 2/3 of breath
3. 1/2 of loud + 1/2 of book
4. 1/4 of youthful + 1/2 of pour
5. 3/8 of elephant + 2/5 of order
for example 3/5 of Green and 1/2 of Neat would be Great.
3/5 of green =Gre
1/2 of Neat= at
gre+at= Great
The first part of the fraction in the teaser will be in the first part of the finished word and all letters are used in the correct order with no skipping of letters, i.e. 2/5 of Green cannot be GE because it skips the letter R, but it could be EE.
1. 1/3 of principal + half of zero
2. 3/4 of bent + 2/3 of breath
3. 1/2 of loud + 1/2 of book
4. 1/4 of youthful + 1/2 of pour
5. 3/8 of elephant + 2/5 of order
Answer
1. prize2. beneath
3. look/Lobo
4. your/thou
5. leper
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