Before you ask, NO, I didn't misspell the name of the group Run DMC. The DNC to which I'm referring is the Democratic National Committee, whose convention is being held in Denver, Colorado, this week to officially determine which candidate they will run (granted, few of us are in suspense as to whether Obama will win the nomination of the democrats).
In honor of that, I've created an interesting math problem for my visitors.
Click here to see the rules for this puzzle.
This puzzle is called an alphametic, otherwise known as a cryptarithm (alt. spelling: cryptorithm), or simply cryptarithmetic. The object is to replace each letter with a number so that the equation is true.
The rules are as follows:
• Each letter represents only one digit, 0-9, throughout the problem.
• Different letters represent different digits, and no two letters represent the same digit.
• Any letter that represents the leftmost digit in a number never represents 0.
• When solved, the equation must be true.
• There is only one possible solution.
To start solving the problem, click on any box, and change that box's letter to a number, and then hit the tab key. If that letter appears more than once, the other instances of that same letter will also be changed to that same number. You won't be alerted if you enter the same digit for two different letters, so be careful!
The Hint button will tell you one digit, and which letter represents that digit. The Restore button will set each text box back to its original letter. The Check button will let you know whether your solution is correct.
The rules are as follows:
• Each letter represents only one digit, 0-9, throughout the problem.
• Different letters represent different digits, and no two letters represent the same digit.
• Any letter that represents the leftmost digit in a number never represents 0.
• When solved, the equation must be true.
• There is only one possible solution.
To start solving the problem, click on any box, and change that box's letter to a number, and then hit the tab key. If that letter appears more than once, the other instances of that same letter will also be changed to that same number. You won't be alerted if you enter the same digit for two different letters, so be careful!
The Hint button will tell you one digit, and which letter represents that digit. The Restore button will set each text box back to its original letter. The Check button will let you know whether your solution is correct.
Let everyone know how you did in the comments!
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