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Everyday Math For Dummies
Delivering a Calculated Message
Adapted From: Everyday Math For Dummies

Nine of the numbers you find in a calculator display lend themselves to an upside-down alphabet interpretation. The correspondence is as follows:

B = 8

E = 3

G = 6

H = 4

I = 1

L = 7

O = 0

S = 5

Z = 2

Over the years, people have made up all sorts of entertaining and goofy puzzles using this letter code. To make the most of this amusement, you have to stand the calculator on its top and read the characters as they appear in the display — a fun exercise to sharpen your brainpower without dulling your interest in math. Would we 1585 divided by 5 to you?


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