You Asked For It
(Eingestellt am 24. Oktober 2025, 21:18 Uhr von Md88keys)
by Md88keys
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Hello everyone! Recently, I created a puzzle with product parity lines, which was too easy. Several solvers commented that the puzzle could be solved without using the parity constraint. One person even suggested that I created a puzzle without giving the sum of the digits as a clue. So, here because you asked for it, is a much harder puzzle that is strictly multiplication. It is for everyone who has memorized the single digit factors of every three digit number. If you never memorized anything, feel free to make a list while you solve. I should point out that mathgpt is better than chatgpt at creating lists of numbers. Have fun!
Normal sudoku rules apply.
The digits in a circle or oval are a one, two, or three digit number read left to right or top to bottom. This number is the product of the numbers on the attached arrow.
Note: Some ovals appear to include a cell which has a visible arrow. This is a graphic anomaly. All arrow cells are outside their ovals.
Lösungscode: Column 1 top to bottom.
Kommentare
am 27. Oktober 2025, 17:34 Uhr von Exigus
Hard but very interesting. Thanks!
am 25. Oktober 2025, 19:13 Uhr von Snookerfan
Very nice! I liked that I did not need a whole lot of math, because sudoku was really helpful. I filled Box 1 last, if the break-in was supposed to be there, the puzzle would be way harder I guess. Thank you
--I'm glad you liked the puzzle. The break in in box 1 was based on only one possible three digit number. There are actually three possibilities, which I didn't realize until test solving. I added and moved other arrows to change the pathway and keep a unique puzzle.
am 25. Oktober 2025, 15:48 Uhr von henrypijames
The puzzle isn't hard - the math is, since "everyone who has memorized the single digit factors of every three digit number" has to be a vanishingly small group.
--Good point. I set the puzzle with the idea for a break in in box one, but it's actually easier to work around the puzzle with the one and two digit ovals, and then the three digit ones are narrowed down.
am 25. Oktober 2025, 06:44 Uhr von Bankey
Tough but great fun. Thanks, @ Md88keys :). (I didn't need to use either of the GPTs though.)
