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Jai Ganesh

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Registered: 2005-06-28

Posts: 46,345

10 Second Puzzle

Add together five different numbers from the grid below to get the highest total possible. No two numbers in the same row, same column or the same diagonal should be chosen.
Time limit : 10 seconds, from the time you finish reading the question.

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mathsyperson

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Registered: 2005-06-22

Posts: 4,900

Re: 10 Second Puzzle

I can get a total of 99, but I don't know if that's optimal.

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Jai Ganesh

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Registered: 2005-06-28

Posts: 46,345

Re: 10 Second Puzzle

Yes, that is the best, mathsy!

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It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

sony

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Registered: 2009-03-16

Posts: 2

Re: 10 Second Puzzle

I liked it. Look's exactly like this game -

http://www.flashgamescity.net/index.php?params=game/144/Grid-Logic/