Answer to Problem of the Month for January 2013

This Problem of the Month is in honor of Elvis Presley's birthday, which of course occurs on JANUARY 8.

Solve the following cryptarithm:

E L V I S = T H E + K I N G

Each letter stands for a different digit.
Please send in your answer in the following form:
E = __ G = __ H = __ I = __ K = __ L = __ N = __ S = __ T = __ V = __

Solution to the Problem:


The following puzzle:

   THE
+ KING
-------
 ELVIS

has 8 solutions.

They are:

  871    E=1 G=4 H=7 I=3 K=9 L=0 N=6 S=5 T=8 V=2 
+9364
-----
10235

  861    E=1 G=4 H=6 I=3 K=9 L=0 N=7 S=5 T=8 V=2 
+9374
-----
10235

  681    E=1 G=3 H=8 I=5 K=9 L=0 N=7 S=4 T=6 V=2 
+9573
-----
10254

  671    E=1 G=3 H=7 I=5 K=9 L=0 N=8 S=4 T=6 V=2 
+9583
-----
10254

  451    E=1 G=6 H=5 I=8 K=9 L=0 N=3 S=7 T=4 V=2 
+9836
-----
10287

  431    E=1 G=6 H=3 I=8 K=9 L=0 N=5 S=7 T=4 V=2 
+9856
-----
10287

  761    E=1 G=3 H=6 I=8 K=9 L=0 N=2 S=4 T=7 V=5 
+9823
-----
10584

  721    E=1 G=3 H=2 I=8 K=9 L=0 N=6 S=4 T=7 V=5 
+9863
-----
10584

James Alarie gets extra credit for sending in all 8 solutions!

Correctly solved by:

1. Kelten Hauf	Mountain View High School, Mountain View, Wyoming
2. James Alarie	Flint, Michigan
3. Mike Bova	Wallingford Connecticut

January 2013 Problem of the Month

Correctly solved by:

January 2013
Problem of the Month