by Bill Graham

You should have ended up with VIRGINIA.

Clue No.	Verity	Change in letters	Letters
1	—	+SUPE	SUPE
2	True	+VISION	SUPEVISION
3	False	N/C	SUPEVISION
4	True	-UP	SEVISION
5	False	N/C	SEVISION
6	True	+RA	SEVISIONRA
7	False	N/C	SEVISIONRA
8	False	N/C	SEVISIONRA
9	True	-ES	VISIONRA
10	False	N/C	VISIONRA
11	True	-O	VISINRA
12	True	+ING	VISINRAING
13	False	N/C	VISINRAING
14	False	N/C	VISINRAING
15	False	N/C	VISINRAING
16	True	-SN	VIINRAING

The answers to the individual clues follow.
3) False Five to the third power = 125.
4) True 0.35×40 = 14
5) False 5 + 4 x 2 = 13 because order of operations requires you to multiply before adding.
6) True Remember that if the sum of the digits of a number is divisible by three, then the number is also. Or, use a calculator.
7) False Pi is only approximately equal to 3.14.
8) False Fifty-one is not prime. You can divide it by three.
9) True The product of two negative numbers is positive, and the product of a positive and a negative number is negative.
10) False An octagon has eight sides.
11) True 2¹⁰ = 1,024
12) True One cm = 0.01 m.
13) False There are four cups in a quart.
14) False The least common multiple of six and nine is 18.
15) False Two is the only even prime number.
16) True 25² = 625

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