Not Higher Mathematics Revision
Published November 28th, 2006 in homeworkHi Folks. Just in case any of you want to do some mathematics tonight, here’s a cryptarithm for you to solve. I’ll give a prize to the first person to post the correct solution. Here’s what a Cryptarithm is:
Cryptarithms are puzzles in which letters or symbols are substituted for the digits in an arithmetical calculation. Algebraic expressions might be regarded as cryptarithms of a sort, but algebra is not generally considered to be mathematically recreational. Cryptarithms have existed for centuries, and it is doubtful if it will ever be known when such puzzles were first devised. If a cryptarithm utilizes letters in place of the digits, and these letters form sensible words or phrases, the puzzle is termed an alphametic. J. A. H. Hunter coined the term in 1955.
Here’s one for you to solve:
| T | H | R | E | E | ||
| T | H | R | E | E | ||
| T | H | R | E | E | ||
| + | E | L | E | V | E | N |
| = | T | W | E | N | T | Y |
I don’t understand what to do.
The idea is that this is a sum, with digits replaced by letters. You have to work out what each letter stands for.
Look what I can do:
A new smiley
is this latex?
This is laTEX man
Try it yourself. If you’d like an explanation of the codes to use look at this website:
http://www.forkosh.com/mimetextutorial.html
Just latex away on this post. I’ll delete what you don’t want left in .
Answer:
T=7
H=3
R=5
E=4
L=9
V=0
N=6
Y=8
W=1