Puzzles & Stuff 14
MONDAY, AUGUST 2, 2010
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Sudoku
DAILY LOTTERY 11 30 40 48 52 Meganumber: 42 Jackpot: $42M
Fill in the blank cells using numbers 1 to 9. Each number can appear only once in each row, column, and 3x3 block. Use logic and process of elimination to solve the puzzle. The difficulty level ranges from ★ (easiest) to ★★★★★ (hardest).
6 13 37 43 47 Meganumber: 15 Jackpot: $16M 13 15 16 18 23 MIDDAY: 5 9 5 EVENING: 3 3 3 1st: 12 Lucky Charms 2nd: 05 California Classic 3rd: 07 Eureka!
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King Features Syndicate
GETTING STARTED
SOLUTIONS TO YESTERDAY’S PUZZLE
There are many strategies to solving Sudoku. One way to begin is to examine each 3x3 grid and figure out which numbers are missing. Then, based on the other numbers in the row and column of each blank cell, find which of the missing numbers will work. Eliminating numbers will eventually lead you to the answer.
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• Fill the grid with the set of given numbers (1 to 12) to satisfy the Equa demands (7 to 24) in the shaded boxes. The Equa demands represent the sum of the digits that you will insert into the empty squares. • Each horizontal row has one Equa demand to satisfy; each vertical column also has one demand to satisfy. Each empty square in the grid dictates the math operation (addition +, subtraction -, multiplication X, and division ÷) that must be performed to meet the demands. • You must follow the given math operations for each square and you must make sure all the numbers satisfy the demands in the shaded boxes when connected in adjacent threes and calculated together from left to right, and top to bottom. • The numbers you insert into the grid must satisfy the Equa demands both horizontally and vertically. For more games, go to www.arithmo.com
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TODAY IN HISTORY Tower Subway, the world's first underground tube railway, opens in London. Fall of the Ottoman Empire: Unsuccessful uprising led by the Internal Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Organization against Ottoman Turkey, also known as the IlindenPreobrazhenie Uprising. World War I: Austrian sabotage causes the sinking of the Italian battleship Leonardo da Vinci in Taranto.
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