GeekDad Puzzle of the Week – Base 2 Number Find

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number-find_teaserImagine set of 32 hexadecimal numbers, each with 8 digits. If we convert each hex digit as a four digit, base 2 number, we have a 32×32 grid of binary numbers. This is the perfect start of a number-find puzzle (like a word-find, but with numbers!)

Example: 1B8A42DE translates to 0001 1011 1000 1010 0100 0010 1101 1110.

Given the set of 32 hex numbers below, create the grid, and traverse it to find the eight 85s and the eight 170s present. Send their locations in an email to GeekDad Central for your chance at this week’s fabulous prize: a $50 Gift Certificate from our friends at ThinkGeek.

Note that standard word-grid rules apply, all numbers are 8-bit, and that binary numbers convert to decimal directionally, i.e., 00011011 and 11011000 are the same first 8 horizontal digits from different directions, but result in different base 10 numbers.

The set of 32 hex numbers that define the binary grid appear below:

1B8A42DE
8E5AB80A
59ACEE0A
36EBF6C4
31E9CCFC
F4C399BA
42BC00C4
0945AE5B
35D39DFD
6185EAD9
23639B15
12011880
A542F7C1
26F5EECE
F24484C1
95352420
2C252ED6
B6454713
79ACA6B0
BB5A1AC0
6F25D001
A4BB272C
7D530CB9
3A8C9EE5
E39266EA
CEC721A5
A883417A
CCFCCB5E
3B19B85D
7759689C
54168FEA
B91C42E9

Good luck, and happy puzzling!

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