The English are raving. and raging...or going insane over
The English are raving. and raging...or going insane over
Over the last few days and including today's newspapers it is reported that the English are becoming raving mad and addicted to SuDoku, a simple puzzle that will make you want to jump from the London Eye before they close it.
How to solve this deceiving simple puzzle follow the link on the left frame "How to solve"
http://www.sudoku.com/
This has become a world phenomenon.
MarkB
How to solve this deceiving simple puzzle follow the link on the left frame "How to solve"
http://www.sudoku.com/
This has become a world phenomenon.
MarkB
Everybody has a photographic memory. Some just don't have film.
The rule.
Here are the rules of the puzzle —
There is really only one rule:
Fill in the grid so that
every row,
every column, and
every 3 x 3 box
contains the digits 1 through 9.
This means that —
The digits to be entered are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9.
This is a row, 9 cells wide. A filled-in row must have one of each digit. That means that each digit appears only once in the row. There are 9 rows in the grid, and the same applies to each of them.
This is a column, 9 cells tall. A filled-in column must have one of each digit. That means that each digit appears only once in the column. There are 9 columns in the grid, and the same applies to each of them.
This is a box, containing 9 cells in a 3x3 layout. A filled-in box must have one of each digit. That means that each digit appears only once in the box. There are 9 boxes in the grid, and the same applies to each of them.
You can't change the digits already provided in the grid.
You have to work around them.
Every puzzle has just one correct solution.
MakrB
Here are the rules of the puzzle —
There is really only one rule:
Fill in the grid so that
every row,
every column, and
every 3 x 3 box
contains the digits 1 through 9.
This means that —
The digits to be entered are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9.
This is a row, 9 cells wide. A filled-in row must have one of each digit. That means that each digit appears only once in the row. There are 9 rows in the grid, and the same applies to each of them.
This is a column, 9 cells tall. A filled-in column must have one of each digit. That means that each digit appears only once in the column. There are 9 columns in the grid, and the same applies to each of them.
This is a box, containing 9 cells in a 3x3 layout. A filled-in box must have one of each digit. That means that each digit appears only once in the box. There are 9 boxes in the grid, and the same applies to each of them.
You can't change the digits already provided in the grid.
You have to work around them.
Every puzzle has just one correct solution.
MakrB
Everybody has a photographic memory. Some just don't have film.
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hmmm... looks a whole lot like the number puzzels we had the kids working on for their math classes.
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I know I'm a geek, but I buy a lot of puzzle books (by Dell and other publishers) and this type of puzzle has been a staple for years in them. Nothing new. I do them occasionally but I don't find them at all addictive. So I don't get the big deal.
Beth
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Those kinds of puzzles are supposed to be good at preventing Alzheimer's disease as well.rebl_rn wrote:I know I'm a geek, but I buy a lot of puzzle books (by Dell and other publishers) and this type of puzzle has been a staple for years in them. Nothing new. I do them occasionally but I don't find them at all addictive. So I don't get the big deal.
Beth