Today’s Challenge
This Kakuro challenge is ideal for any beginners to this fantastic puzzle. Your number skills will improve the more of these you attempt. The rules are very simple:
- Just like a crossword, fill in the boxes
- Each box must contain a number from 1-9 and each run of boxes must add up to the total shown on the left or above
- Digits cannot be repeated in each run, so if a total of 4 is to be completed in 2 boxes, they must be made up of either 3+1 or 1+3, but not 2+2
Here is a Kakuro puzzle to try today:
The 7puzzle Challenge
The playing board of the 7puzzle game is a 7-by-7 grid containing 49 different numbers, ranging from 2 up to 84.
The 1st & 2nd rows of the playing board contain the following fourteen numbers:
2 8 9 14 15 17 22 28 40 48 55 63 64 72
What is the difference between the highest and lowest square numbers?
Make 213 Challenge
Can you arrive at 213 by inserting 3, 4, 5 and 15 into the gaps below?
(◯×◯–◯)×◯ = 213
Answers can be found here.
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