Math Is Fun Forum

Hi everyone,

I discovered this forum in a search for interesting logic puzzles and programming exercises; ever since then, I have meandered through each of the quirky sections and found many topics discussed that interest me and many people after my own heart.  I have always loved solving that challenge math problem, writing that tricky program (like a word processor), cracking that seemingly impossible code, and this seems like a great place to talk with people that have similar interests.  It probably is also a good place to start getting into topics that have previously eluded me, such as calculus, and hone my skills in areas that I already know, such as trigonometry. 

By the way, I am going into ninth grade. 

Here's a fairly simple code to crack:

Hydrogen Iodine.  Holmium Tungsten Argon Yttrium Oxygen Uranium?