More Sideways Arithmetic From Wayside School (Wayside School 2.60)

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(These two problems have to be solved together. So, for example, whatever the letter o is in the first problem, it has to be the same in the second.)

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(Clue on page 41. Hint on page 45.)

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Sharie fell asleep in class.

“Excuse me, Mrs. Jewls,” said Miss Worm. “But one of your students is asleep.”

“Yes, that’s Sharie,” said Mrs. Jewls. “She’s my best student.”

“But she’s sleeping!” said Miss Worm.

“I know,” said Mrs. Jewls. “Sharie learns best when she’s asleep.”

Sharie started to snore. “Zzzz… .”

“Now she’s snoring!” said Miss Worm.

“She’s very smart,” Mrs. Jewls agreed. “Ask her any problem. She’ll know the answer. What’s the biggest number you know?”

Miss Worm tried to think of the biggest number she knew, but of course she knew there was no “biggest” number. “I don’t know,” she said. “Zillions!”

“Okay,” said Mrs. Jewls. “Sharie, how much is ZILLIONS plus MISS WORM?

“ZZZZZZZZZ,” snored Sharie.

“See,” Mrs. Jewls said proudly. “I told you she was smart.”

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PROBLEM 16

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Wait! Stop! Don’t try to solve the problem yet! There’s more.

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As an author, I always try to be fair. Well, I just realized I haven’t been fair to the letter Q. Nowhere in this book, nor in Sideways Arithmetic From Wayside School, was there a problem with the letter Q in it. So, in the interest of fairness I want you to solve for Q in this problem, even though it’s not there. If it was there, what would it be?

I’ll tell you this much. Q is a larger number than N. Okay, now you can go ahead and solve the problem.

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S = ?gggW = ?gggI = ?gggR = ?gggL = ?

O = ?gggN = ?gggM = ?gggZ = ?gggQ = ?

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