Caches Auf Deutsch

[+CacheRcheck]

I'm off to Germany in a couple of days. As I am preparing to do some caching there is a term that I don't understand.

 

English = crossfoot

German = Quersumme

 

What does this mean? Here is the context in German, then in English:

 

Hier findest Du zwei Jahreszahlen. Nimm von jeder Jahreszahl die Quersumme. Nenne die erste Quersumme E und die zweite Quersumme F. G= E + F.

 

Here you will find two dates. Take the crossfoot of each year. Call the first crossfoot E and the second F. G= E + F.

 

Any help is appreciated.

 

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[+1BuzyMom]

It looks from this site that it is the sum of the digits. www2.dict.cc/ Diane

Sorry I could not get the link to work.

[+losel2]

Here is another perspective on what is already given. Quersumme: sum of digits of a number (die ... quersumme bilden - (Math) to add the digits in a number. (Bilden: to make a picture, to create; to make). Alltogether, now: Quersumme means adding each digit in a number of two or more digits, together, to create a sum of the digits.

 

Guess I missed that by a mile. So the Quersumme of 546 is 5 plus 4 plus 6 equals 15.

 

Hope this helps. Had to inquire from my uncle for this one.

[JohnX]

Here is a nice link for help in translating German. The New English-German Dictionary

 

It is not a translator, but an online dictionary.

 

The search result. "sum of the digits -- die Quersumme"

[+Prime Suspect]

Crossfooting can also mean summing the values (rather than digits) in an array of numbers.