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We're getting close. Very close. Here are some hints and answers to yesterday's numbers. Can anyone solve any of them? Let us know here or on Twitter @GiantChalkboard. CL: Only 3-digit interstate with no parent interstate CM: Number of the longest US interstate highway CN: 1942; Year of the first self-sustaining nuclear reaction CO: Atomic number of fermium CP: Anyone knows how this number relates to ENIAC? CQ: Weight of the first car phone to the nearest pound CR: The year patent no. 2473288 was filed CS: Years ago railroads instituted standard US time zones CT: 19; Parameters in the standard model of particle physics CU: 1986; Last time we saw Halley’s Comet CV: Any guess as to the meaning of this? (Hint: Look up!) CW: Constitutional Article that establishes executive branch CX: Jurisdictions in the electoral college CY: Votes for Washington, DC in electoral college CZ: Amendment that gave them those votes DA: Amendment defining the system DB: Number of US Presidents *Bonus: What does the total of everything in the parentheses represent? DC: Have time to figure out the meaning behind this? DD: Number of whole days it takes to travel around the sun DE: Any numbers masters know how this relates to one of the earliest attempts to give meanings to numbers? DF: Not going too fast for you, are we? DG: Value of p that generates the largest known Mersenne prime DH: It’s not the answer to this equation, but maybe it’s the answer to something else. DI: 65,535; Any programmers out there? DJ: Know how this relates to the 1758 edition of Systema Nocturae? DK: Or this? DL: Or this? DM: Birth year of 1 of 3 founding fathers of botany DN: Birth year of 1 of 3 founding fathers of botany DO: Birth year of 1 of 3 founding fathers of botany DP: Year of declaration that the azoic zone does not exist sparks that 20 year debate DQ: Know how this relates to that debate? DR: We’re knot telling on this one. Any guesses? DS: What about on this one? DT: 134,217,728; Sum of numbers in the 27th row of Pascal’s triangle DU: Original mission length of Spirit Mars Exploration Rover (in days) DV: Total distance the Spirit Mars Exploration Rover traveled DW: 1897; All this math giving you a headache? See if you can figure out what happened in this year. DX: Number of planets we call home

AQ: The speed of sound in dry air at 20 deg C (343.2 m/s) rounded to the nearest __________ per ____________. AR: 5660; What element’s boiling point is this? AS/AT: Four score and seven (years ago). AU: Largest known Fermat prime…but what’s the number? AV: Anyone know whose molar mass this is? AW: Patents owned by the inventor of the lightbulb. Aardvark93, you’re on a roll. AX: Companies founded by this inventor AY: Number of kids he fathered AZ: Percent perspiration BA: He was the youngest of this many kids BB: His date of birth BC: His month of birth *Bonus Number: the sum of everything in the parentheses is the year he perfect the incandescent lightbulb BD: 174465; This number relates to an invention…ring any bells? BE: If you’ve figured out the last one, do you know how this one is related as well? BF: Even Giant Chalkboards have senses of humor. BG: Year Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica was published BH: Year Foundation of General Theory of Relativity was published BI: Publication of Principia Mathematica (Thanks for the help on the last three, Ted Stevko) BJ: Some people want this number to change, but we think it’s perfect. BK: Know how this number relates to the largest known protein? BL: 120; Number of columns in the Temple of Artemis BM: While we’re talking architecture…any guesses? BN: 1729; Hardy-Ramanujan number BO: 1729; Any astronomers known what happened in this year? BP: This math bringing a storm cloud to your day? The answer is also the factorial of the highest number on the Beaufort Scale. BQ: 11232; Patent number for bromine extraction BR: 35; Any guesses? (Hint: see above) BS: Year of the first successful self-propelled, heavier-than-air aircraft takes flight BT: Anyone know how this relates to this flight? BU: 6*28*496; Know what these 3 numbers have in common? BV: 608,845; Patent number of the Diesel engine BW: Open up those high school textbooks for this one BX: 1897; The year the electron was discovered BY: Kaprekar’s Constant BZ: 137; years ago QWERTY was created CA: Anyone know what this number translates to and why it’s important? (Hint: It’s in binary) CB: 6th Fibonacci Prime CC: Atomic number of what element? CD: Lifespan (in days) of its female namesake CE: Miles to the moon CF: While we’re speaking of the moon… CG: Anyone decode this number as it relates to the topic at hand? CH: Crew members on the lunar module CI: Grown any tissue recently? CJ: 3,488,372; The approximate number of dollar bills stacked to reach the height of this Wonder of the Modern World CK: 8,589,869,056; Sixth perfect number

Did you know any of these numbers or their significance? Tell us about it here, or on Twitter @GiantChalkboard, and we'll give you credit! Don't forget to keep the discussion going about today's new additions (and subtractions, multiplications, and divisions...) to the equation!