The Puzzle Page is dedicated to bringing you the best puzzles collected from around the world along with original puzzles not seen anywhere else.
The staff at The Puzzle Page always enjoy seeing new puzzles and would love to hear from you. If you have a puzzle that's giving you problems, drop us a line -- we'd love to help.
Here's a nice little problem that can be figured out using algebra or using a little guess-work and a bit of luck. It should be suitable for older elementary school or high school students.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Arrange the digits 1-9 so that the first 3 form a number that is 1/3 of the number formed by the last three and the three digits in the middle form a number that is the difference between them.
The numbers are as they appear, not summed.
There are 362880 ways to arrange the nine digits and 4 valid solutions to this puzzle. Good luck!
No comments:
Post a Comment