"鶴亀算" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [t͡sɨɾɯ̟ka̠me̞zã̠ɴ] Forms: 鶴亀算 [canonical] (ruby: (つる), (かめ), (ざん)), tsurukamezan [romanization]
Etymology: Compound of 鶴(つる) (tsuru, “crane”) + 亀(かめ) (kame, “turtle”) + 算(さん) (san, “mathematics”). The san changes to zan as an instance of rendaku (連濁). Etymology templates: {{com-ja|鶴|つる|亀|かめ|算|さん|t1=crane|t2=turtle|t3=mathematics}} 鶴(つる) (tsuru, “crane”) + 亀(かめ) (kame, “turtle”) + 算(さん) (san, “mathematics”), {{sortkey|ja|鶴亀算}} つるかめさん', {{ja-rendaku2|san|zan}} The san changes to zan as an instance of rendaku (連濁). Head templates: {{ja-noun|つるかめざん}} 鶴(つる)亀(かめ)算(ざん) • (tsurukamezan)
  1. a common mathematical riddle in Japan. It is often stated as follows: "There are some cranes and some turtles. The count of heads is X and the count of legs is Y. How many cranes and turtles are there respectively?" The answer is that the number of cranes is 2X-(Y/2) and the number of turtles is (Y/2)-X.
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