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#1 2007-09-11 21:51:52
- landof+
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Cryptarithms
I'm not sure if it even belongs here, please help me move it if it doesn't. Thanks.
Cryptarithms are the things that you try to substitute the letters with numbers so that the sum becomes right. All members may post their unsolved cryptarithms too!
No 2 letters may be the same number.
Code:
P P P ---- UP
Code:
IT
TAKES
A
LITTLE
--------
EFFORTPlease use the code function, too. Makes it easier to visualize. 
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#2 2007-09-11 22:25:00
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Re: Cryptarithms
Code:
P P P ---- UP P=5 U=1
Why did the vector cross the road?
It wanted to be normal.
#3 2007-09-11 22:54:12
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Re: Cryptarithms
Excellent! That's easy. Try the other one.
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#4 2007-09-12 23:48:03
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Re: Cryptarithms
Here's more:
Code:
NINE FINE ------- WIVES
Code:
POND OAR ------ OPIUM
Now, I've implemented unsolvable ones too! 
Last edited by landof+ (2007-09-12 23:48:29)
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#5 2007-09-13 01:08:13
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Re: Cryptarithms
landof+ wrote:
Code:
IT TAKES A LITTLE -------- EFFORT
I don't think this is possible
#6 2007-09-13 23:20:44
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Re: Cryptarithms
It kinda stumped me, but it is possible, in an exercise my whole class couldn't solve, and my teacher ended up giving the solution by accident. Trial and error is what you need to do.
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#7 2007-09-21 00:32:51
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Re: Cryptarithms
I agree with Identity, if t=9 then:
The first "f" in effort =9+I+1 ...the "1" being carried over.
The second "f" in effort =9+A+1...the "1" being carried over.
Which implies I=A, making it contradictory. :S
#8 2007-09-22 21:14:37
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Re: Cryptarithms
....
Ok, then another one:
Code:
ACCURACIES ACCURACIES ACCURACIES ACCURACIES ACCURACIES ----------- MATHEMATICS
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