An Alphamatic is a puzzle in which words are part of a calculation. An example is
SEND
MORE
—– +
MONEY
which, if the letters are replaced by the correct digits, forms a correct addition.
A special class are the “double true” alphametics. THese are the puzzles I want to have a look at in this post.
1) I listed one before:
THREE
FIVE
FIVE
SEVEN
TEN
——+
THIRTY
The university of Bieleveldt has a nice list:
2) SEVEN + SEVEN + SIX = TWENTY difficulty: 2
3) EIGHT + EIGHT + TWO + ONE + ONE = TWENTY difficulty: 3
4) ELEVEN + NINE + FIVE + FIVE = THIRTY
5) NINE + SEVEN + SEVEN + SEVEN = THIRTY
6) TEN + SEVEN + SEVEN + SEVEN + FOUR + FOUR + ONE = FORTY
7) FOURTEEN + TEN + TEN + SEVEN = FORTYONE
8) NINETEEN + THIRTEEN + THREE + TWO + TWO + ONE + ONE + ONE = FORTYTWO
9) FORTY + TEN + TEN = SIXTY
This list is, however, not exhaustive. Here are a couple more:
10) THREE + THREE + TWO + TWO + ONE = ELEVEN difficulty: 3
11) ELEVEN + THREE + THREE + THREE = TWENTY difficulty: 4
12) ELEVEN + THREE + THREE + ONE + ONE + ONE = TWENTY difficulty: 4
13) SEVEN + THREE + THREE + TWO + TWO + ONE + ONE + ONE = TWENTY difficulty: 4
14) SEVEN + FIVE + TWO + TWO + ONE + ONE + ONE + ONE = TWENTY difficulty: 3
15) SEVEN + FIVE + TWO + TWO + TWO + ONE + ONE = TWENTY difficulty: 3
I feel there are a couple more lurking out there, but I hope to list more of them in a future post.
They exist in many languages, about a year ago I published some Dutch ones.
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