May 8, 2000
Problem of the Week

A Stately Addition
by Sidney Kravitz in
Games October 1997

We've heard of secession; we've heard of annexation; but this merger of five states is a real peach of a solution. There are 10 different letters of the alphabet to decipher, one for each of the digits 0 to 9.

 

  I N D I A N A
    N E V A D A 
        O H I O
    O R E G O N 
+     I D A H O 
-----------------
  G E O R G I A  
             

Solution to the Problem:

 
  1 6 5 1 8 6 8
    6 7 0 8 5 8
        3 4 1 3               
    3 9 7 2 3 6
+     1 5 8 4 3
----------------
  2 7 3 9 2 1 8
            

Correctly solved by:

1. Jon Pence *

Winchester, VA

* Used a C++ Program to solve the problem

Send any comments or questions to: David Pleacher