Mathy Way Solution

What is the shape of the Milky Way galaxy?

  1. 167 + 25 = 192 [I]
  2. 1007 + 193 = 1200 [R]
  3. 154 - 28 = 126 [P]
  4. 3030 - 657 = 2373 [L]
  5. 47 x 38 = 1786 [A]
  6. 936 / 8 = 117 [S]
Unscrambling these six letters spells :
S P I R A L
The Milky Way is a SPIRAL galaxy!

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