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This incredibly difficult maths puzzle is somehow aimed at eight-year-olds in Vietnam

Evan BartlettMay 21, 2015 The children of Singapore and Hong Kong have already proven themselves to be geniuses and now it's the turn of kids from Vietnam. A new, incredibly difficult, puzzle has emerged from the country, and according to reports it's aimed at eight-year-old children.
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The aim is to fill the missing gaps in the snake with the numbers 1-9. You are only allowed to use e...
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The aim is to fill the missing gaps in the snake with the numbers 1-9. You are only allowed to use each number once, and that colon sign represents division. There is no &quot;complicated&quot; maths involved, simply addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
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The aim is to fill the missing gaps in the snake with the numbers 1-9. You are only allowed to use each number once, and that colon sign represents division. There is no "complicated" maths involved, simply addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
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First posted by VN Express, and subsequently spotted by the Guardian, there are reportedly 362,880 combinations for placing nine different digits in nine slots. Good night and good luck.
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First posted by VN Express, and subsequently spotted by the Guardian, there are reportedly 362,880 combinations for placing nine different digits in nine slots. Good night and good luck.
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<h3>Scroll down for the solution</h3> <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> <h3>Solution</h3> There are in fact many different solutions to this problem, with commenters on both Reddit and the Guardian coming up with dozens - with many writing a computer script to provide the answers. The one above is adapted from thesilentcoder. According to the Guardian&#39;sAlex Bellos, the best way to solve this puzzle using a paper and pencil is to break it down into an equation - replacing the numbers with letters.
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There are in fact many different solutions to this problem, with commenters on both Reddit and the Guardian coming up with dozens - with many writing a computer script to provide the answers. The one above is adapted from thesilentcoder. According to the Guardian'sAlex Bellos, the best way to solve this puzzle using a paper and pencil is to break it down into an equation - replacing the numbers with letters.
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From there it is simply a matter of trial and error to finding the solutions. How did you get on? Let us know in the comments...
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From there it is simply a matter of trial and error to finding the solutions. How did you get on? Let us know in the comments...
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