06-10-2010, 11:30 AM | #1 |
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Number Puzzle
I was asked to look at this puzzle after it had stumped some friends. Because it had puzzled them for several days, I decided to look at all sorts of complicated ways to solve it. I should have looked for simple methods first... and that's the only clue I'm giving at the moment.
So — what single digit number should be where the X is? 1 2 3 4 4 0 8 5 6 3 9 7 2 4 4 6 3 6 4 X 1 5 5 3 5 6 7 8 |
06-10-2010, 11:51 AM | #2 | |
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06-10-2010, 11:58 AM | #3 |
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I was trying looking at that in different ways. But not in the way you did. Well done, obs20!
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06-10-2010, 12:06 PM | #4 |
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06-10-2010, 12:16 PM | #5 |
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06-10-2010, 12:17 PM | #6 |
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Well done obs; it took me longer to work out why yours was the correct answer than it took you to work it out!
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06-10-2010, 03:15 PM | #7 |
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06-10-2010, 03:51 PM | #8 |
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Double ditto!
That's the one direction I didn't look at! |
06-10-2010, 05:50 PM | #9 |
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So, do we get another brain stretcher, pdurrant?
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06-10-2010, 07:40 PM | #10 |
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06-10-2010, 07:51 PM | #11 |
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Geesh, I come home and another great puzzle was posted and solved already..
I agree with the others, pdurrant, encore! |
06-11-2010, 02:43 PM | #12 |
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Tricky! How fun!
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06-12-2010, 12:47 PM | #13 |
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I do not agree with this puzzle being "fun". I can barely handle the puzzles with pictures much less the ones with numbers! Thank goodness I am retired from puzzling!
Congrats on your puzzle-thinking-and-solving skills!!!! Last edited by emonti8384; 06-12-2010 at 12:49 PM. |
06-12-2010, 12:52 PM | #14 | |
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great puzzle, pdurrant. i'm glad the solution was already posted, my brain is hurting a bit today, but i hope you'll post more. i like puzzles (just not today). |
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06-23-2010, 01:02 PM | #15 |
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Next puzzle is up: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=88107
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