September 13th
September 13th is the birthday of Milton Hershey, the founder of the Hershey Candy Company. To learn the year he was born, just solve this puzzle:
- The two-digit number formed by my tens and units digit is the answer to this problem: 19 x 3.
- My hundreds digit is the same as the number of sides in an octagon.
- The sum of all my digits is the number of days in the three weeks
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December 7th
On December 7th of this year a book was returned to the University of Cincinnati library after 145 years. The fine due on the book was $22,656. Solve this puzzle to discover the year this happened.
- Both my tens digit and the units digit are even; their sum is 14; their product is 48.
- My hundreds digit minus 3 equals my tens digit.
- The sum of all my digits is 24.
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June 27th
June 27th is Helen Keller's birthday. She became blind and deaf when she was 19 months, but grew up to become a famous American writer. Solve this puzzle to learn the year she was born.
- The two-digit number formed by my tens and units digits is the number of nickels in $4.00.
- My hundreds digit is the same as the number of sides in an octagon.
- The sum of my digits is 17.
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