Hi guys & gals,

Here is a 200 Korun of the Czech Republic that is desperatly looking for a new home.



Guess the serial, and be the first

It is of the following format: A12 345678

Here are the golden tips!

First digit: is a letter, that can be replaced by its value which is also one digit (for example a=1, b=2, ... & i=9)
Second digit: is that same number as the value of the letter
Third digit: is the number of kids I have
Fourth and fifth digit are consecutive (for example: 3 & 4)
Sixth digit: the sum of the seventh and eight digit
Seventh and eight digit are consecutive
Last digit: fourth digit minus the eight digit

The sum of all digits (excluding the value for the letter) is also a number that is made up of 2 consecutive digits

Digit n°2 & 5 can be found outside the serial on this banknote. (not exclusive! others may be too!)
edit: Second and Fifth digit can be found elsewhere on the banknote (don't you see other number hanging around on the note? ) Other digits may also be on the banknote, so don't panic if your solution has more than those 2 digits already mentioned on the note.


Everyone can post their guess once a day, and I will try to tell how much out of 9 or right. Please do not edit your postings. Post a new one every day, so others can use the guesses as extra help.

The person that guesses the serial gets this banknote, and maybe even some other goodies that are in my reach on packingday.
If you don't collect banknotes, guess anyway. Then I will send you some nice coins, and I'll send the banknote to the runner up of your choice

Good luck!

Regards,

Jos






List of guesses, sorted by number of digits right:

7/9

B20 975235

6/9

B20 455232
B20 235230

5/9

B23 785234
B23 345231

4/9

B20 231634

0/9

A12 563123

Kool.


B23 785234

I think I covered all the bases.

I keep coming back to:

a12 563123.

Hope I'm at least close!

I'll try:

B23 345231



-Bobby

Thanks a bunch for doing this, Jos! But I don't understand that one comment I quoted... can you explain it to me?


Here's my first guess:


B20455232

I got it narrowed down to 29 combinations I think. Only YOU can help me narrow it down to 1!

I think Jos meant digit number 2 and 5

Meaning those two numbers are NOT used?

I edited that part of the question. Hope it is clearer now.

Regards,

Jos

5/9

Not bad for a first guess!

Jos

Hmm, I think your second guess will be closer

0/9

Jos

5/9

Good one, Bobby

Jos

6/9

You're in the lead!

Jos

B20 235230

6/9

Good thinking there

Jos

Hope ya don't mind if I play along ..it looks fun

ok so here's my guess

B20 231634

Sure you can

4/9

More thinking to do
Better luck tomorrow!

Jos

my guesss is

B 20 97 52 35

7/9

Not bad, not bad at all!

Jos

The correct answer has been given, by PM, but that person can't post untill noon. So everyone that finds the answer before noon (forumtime, now 8AM), will be in a draw.

Send it to me by PM!

Good luck!

Oops.. I really need to learn to read

AHHH!!!!! I think I got it! I made such a dumb dumb dumb DUMB mistake when making my program to figure it out! I didn't read one clue correct. I fixed it, used the other submissions as hints. And so I think I finally got it. Can't wait to find out!!! Yikes!

Ya think?

No harm done.

It's just surprising how fast this has been solved. I wil have to make this harder the next time

Still 1 hour left

Keep those PM's coming

And the winners are:

Topher
Gxseries
Thedeadpoint
Dockwalliper


Congrats, and send me your addresses (if you haven't already), so I can send you the goodies.

Regards,

Jos

Thanks. Fun contest.

Very fun ...thanks, great idea!!

I always enjoy these kinds of contest. Congrats to the other winners, and thank goodness I improve on my original guess!
Thanks for the contest, Jos!

Thanks, more contests to come.

It's fun to make them

Regards,

Jos

Congrats to the others!

Jos, thank you once again for holding this contest. definitely the funnest one I've been a part of on CP. Perhaps once I get some notes and coins worth giving away, I'll do something just as mathematically inclined.

Packages have been sent today!

Let me know when you get them.


Regards,

Jos

PS: tdp, yours is still on hold, till you say 'go!'