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#76 2013-05-21 02:38:03

phrontister
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Re: Make 1,234 using the numbers 1, 2, 3, and 4 only

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anonimnystefy wrote:

Which puzzle?

The one I posed in posts 68 and 71. They're basically the same puzzle, with one being a variation of the other for the reason I gave in blue in #68.

This is a cryptic puzzle, and the task is to interpret its meaning, which will then reveal the method by which I arrive at the answer 1234.


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#77 2013-05-21 02:43:50

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Re: Make 1,234 using the numbers 1, 2, 3, and 4 only

Oh, I didn't realise you posted it as a puzzle.

By the way, do you have any puzzles similar to the YOB/YOP puzzle and the one posted earlier in this thread (a, b, c and d puzzle)? I really like solving them.

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#78 2013-05-21 14:26:22

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Re: Make 1,234 using the numbers 1, 2, 3, and 4 only

Hi stefy,

I tried to respond to your post last night, but couldn't access the forum until just now. After trying many so-called fixes, the only one that worked was a modem reset.

You didn't show the actual solution to my cryptic puzzle, but from what you said it seems that you've solved it. up

I don't have many puzzles of my own invention at all, just the YOB/YOP, a few alphametics way back in the early days of the 'Add 13 more and post it forever' thread, plus a smattering of others hiding in various threads somewhere.

I've found these alphametics in the '13' thread:
Post #108, #403 & #731.

I've posted a variety of fairly challenging and enjoyable logic-type puzzles (no advanced maths skills required) from other composers too, and some remain unsolved. They're dead and buried now, but I can dig up the links to some of them if you like.

And then there's always the latest and greatest version of 'Who has the purple door?', that I spent quite some time on refining. It remains unsolved, and is found here. But you need to set aside some serious time for that one.

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#79 2013-05-22 00:16:43

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Re: Make 1,234 using the numbers 1, 2, 3, and 4 only

Hi stefy,

I found a YOB/YOP-type puzzle I'd forgotten about and opened a new thread for it (to keep this one uncluttered). It's called Chocolate!, and is a junior version of 'bobbym's YOB'.


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#80 2013-05-22 00:49:35

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Re: Make 1,234 using the numbers 1, 2, 3, and 4 only

I've seen the new thread. Thank you cor that! smile

I will try looking at the three you mentioned. I don't think searching for more will be necessary right now.


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#81 2013-05-23 04:32:11

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Re: Make 1,234 using the numbers 1, 2, 3, and 4 only

Hi stefy,

I came across this one by accident last night, and as it's a little different from the others I thought I'd post the link:

BOOHOO


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#82 2013-05-23 06:12:51

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Re: Make 1,234 using the numbers 1, 2, 3, and 4 only

Hi phro,

I forgot to tell you about it, but I also found it last night while looking at the Puzzles and Games forum.


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“Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
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