Hint
The answer is 4 digits long, so what must G equal?
Answer
423 + 675 = 1098.
Reasoning
Remembering that:
even + even = even
odd + odd = even
even + odd = odd
To discuss individual letters, it's easiest to represent the sum as:
A B C
D E F +
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G H I J
A + D has to be over 9, which means that G = 1.
B + E = I, is even + odd = odd, which means that we can't have a carry from C + F (otherwise it would have been even + odd + 1, which is even).
The 1 has already gone, so the smallest possible value for either C or F is 3, which means that the other can't be 7 or 9 (otherwise we'd have a carry).
Therefore, C and F are 3 and 5, but we don't know which is which. But we do now know that J = 8.
A + D = H, is even + even = even, which means that we can't have a carry from B + E. Therefore, E can't be 9, as this would force a carry. So E = 7.
I is the only remaining odd number, so I = 9.
Which means that B = 2.
Neither A nor D can be 0 (otherwise we would have two of the same digit). So, H = 0.
Therefore, A and D are 4 and 6 (but we don't yet know which is which).
Since the top row's digits have to add to 9, A can't be 6, so A = 4, making C = 3.
This makes the sum 423 + 675 = 1098.
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Puzzle 34
Using the new BrainBashers programming language, BrainBasic, the following words have their equivalents next to them, what should FOX be? CLICK = 100501100KMILK = 1000150KLOG = 50OGLIFE = 501FEALIVE = A5015EFOX = ?
Hint
In the word LOG, why might the L have be replaced with 50?
Answer
FO10.
Reasoning
If there is a Roman numeral, it is replaced by its modern equivalent.
I = 1
V = 5
X = 10
L = 50
C = 100
D = 500
M = 1000
Double-Checking CLICK = 100 50 1 100 KMILK = 1000 1 50 KLOG = 50 O GLIFE = 50 1 F EALIVE = A 50 1 5 EFOX = F O 10
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Puzzle 35
Can you find the book titles hidden in these phrases?
ROME OR OSLO? ANDREW, JULIE, TO VISIT. WARM TOO FEW, THE SUBWORLD SNEEZES AN I MALL? SHOPS, FAR MALLS? GO NEXT, GO! WITHOUT OTHER I DWINDLE. GO! WATER. SHIP, BOAT. STORM! DOWN RAIN! BRAVERY IN A NEW AGE, WORLD'S HOPE.
For each word in the title, new letters are added of the same length, and then the spacing is changed, and punctuation is added.
For example:
BOOK TITLE
BOOK 1234 TITLE 12345
BOOK NIGH TITLE APTUP
BOOKNIGHTITLEAPTUP
BOO, KNIGHT. IT LEAPT UP!
Reasoning
Each of the other words remains a real word if you remove the first and last letter: s-event-yb-raw-lc-love-rp-rope-rc-arro-t *s-win-ge-merge-dc-raft-yt-rave-ls-acre-ds-ton-ep-lung-e