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    The document discusses different types of cryptarithms including alphametics, digimetics, and skeletal division. It provides examples of alphametic puzzles where letters are substituted for numbers to solve mathematical equations. Strategies for solving alphametic puzzles include considering that the leftmost letter cannot be 0, each letter maps to only one number, and properties of addition, multiplication and squares.

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    The document discusses different types of cryptarithms including alphametics, digimetics, and skeletal division. It provides examples of alphametic puzzles where letters are substituted for numbers to solve mathematical equations. Strategies for solving alphametic puzzles include considering that the leftmost letter cannot be 0, each letter maps to only one number, and properties of addition, multiplication and squares.

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    The document discusses different types of cryptarithms including alphametics, digimetics, and skeletal division. It provides examples of alphametic puzzles where letters are substituted for numbers to solve mathematical equations. Strategies for solving alphametic puzzles include considering that the leftmost letter cannot be 0, each letter maps to only one number, and properties of addition, multiplication and squares.

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    ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

    I would like to thank my Math's Sir , ----------- , for giving me such an


    interesting project .i have learnta lot about planning a house in this
    project . I alsothank my parents for their constant help andsupport
    for me during this project.

    A cryptarithm is just a math puzzle or a math


    riddle. We can turn any regular addition,
    subtraction, multiplication, or division problem
    into a cryptarithm by replacing the numbers
    with letters.
    Cryptarithm was originally called crypt-arithmetic

    Pg--
    Alphametic
    A type of cryptarithm in which a
    set of words is written down in the
    form of a long addition sum or
    some other mathematical
    problem.The object is to replace the
    letters of the alphabet with decimal
    digits to make a valid arithmetic
    sum.

    There are two rules that we must


    follow while solving these
    alphametic puzzles.
    1. The leftmost letter cannot be
    equal to 0 in any of the words in
    the alphabetic riddle.
    2. Each alphabet can be mapped to
    only one number.
    i.e in above examples If N is
    mapped to 8 then all another
    letter(A O B U) cannot be mapped
    to 8.
    ALPHABETS+ARITHMETIC=AL
    PHAMETIC

    Eg
    #1 - Base Ball Games
    Cryptarithmetic Riddle
    BASE +
    BALL
    ------
    GAMES

    The equation can be solved by substituting


    B=7
    A=8
    S=8
    E=3
    L=5

    Therefore the equation now looks as:


    7483 +
    7455
    -------
    14938
    -------

    #2 - Cross Roads Danger Alphametic Puzzle

    CROSS
    +ROADS
    ===========
    DANGER

    Solution:
    +96233
    +62513
    ===========
    158746

    NUMBER +
    NUMBER
    =======
    PUZZLE

    Above puzzle can be solved by substituting


    N-2
    U-0
    M-1
    B-6
    E-8
    R-9
    P-4
    Z-3
    L-7

    The puzzle can now be read as:

    201689 +
    201689
    ----------
    403378

    A Few Alphametic Problem Solving


    Strategies
    1. Since the digits are 0-9, the largest carry
    in addition with two summands is a 1.
    2. In the case of K + K = K or K – K = K
    we know that K can only be 0 or 9 (in the
    case of carry 1 or borrow 1).
    3. No perfect square can end with 2, 3, 7, or
    8. For example, in the equation E x E = T, T
    cannot represent 2, 3, 7, or 8.
    4. If N is even, then (N * 6 ) mod 10 = N. If
    N is odd, then (N * 5) mod 10 = 5.

    Digimetic
    A cryptarithm in which digits are used to represent other
    digits.

    eg
    1. 1=10, 2=11*--
    1+2=22

    2. 1= 3, 2=6
    1+2 = 9

    Skeletal division
    A long division in which most or all of the digits are replaced
    by symbols (usually asterisks) to form a cryptarithm.
    Reverse cryptarithm
    A rare variation where a formula is written, and the solution
    is the corresponding cryptarithm whose solution is the
    formula given.

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