Hidden Base Killer Sudoku
(Published on 3. February 2025, 23:18 by kodra22)
Digits in cages sum to the value in the upper left corner as expressed in a base indicated in the pill within the cage (read as a 1 or 2 digit number from left to right). Letters represent digits above 9 (A=10, B=11, C=12, D=13, E=14, F=15)
Digits in cages cannot repeat within that cage
Solution code: Digits in row 4 from left to right
Comments
on 4. February 2025, 22:50 by sanabas
@steperlich, 1F doesn't mean 115 in that sense. It's not 115 = x^2 + x + 5
1F means 1 in the 'tens' column, and 15 in the unit column. i.e. in base x, 1F = x + F, so x + 15 in decimal.
The base must be bigger than 15, so the smallest possible is 16, which makes the cage total 16+15=31. If the base was 35, then the cage total would be 35+15 = 50.
Same deal for 1D, it's not x^2+x+3, it is x+13.
on 4. February 2025, 12:53 by sanabas
Good fun, and extremely approachable.
