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Cryptarithms Are A Type of Mathematical Puzzle in Which The Digits Are Replaced by Symbols (Typically Letters of The Alphabet) - For Example

Cryptarithms are a type of mathematical puzzle where numbers are represented by symbols like letters. There are two main types: Hindu problems where each digit is the same symbol, and alphametics where each digit is a different symbol, often spelling words. Cryptarithms first appeared in the US in 1864 but were invented earlier in China. They grew more popular in the early 20th century when published in a mathematical journal dedicated to puzzles.

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Cryptarithms Are A Type of Mathematical Puzzle in Which The Digits Are Replaced by Symbols (Typically Letters of The Alphabet) - For Example

Cryptarithms are a type of mathematical puzzle where numbers are represented by symbols like letters. There are two main types: Hindu problems where each digit is the same symbol, and alphametics where each digit is a different symbol, often spelling words. Cryptarithms first appeared in the US in 1864 but were invented earlier in China. They grew more popular in the early 20th century when published in a mathematical journal dedicated to puzzles.

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Cryptarithms

Cryptarithms are a type of mathematical puzzle in which the digits are replaced by symbols
(typically letters of the alphabet). For example:

9567 + 1085 = 10652

can be represented like this:

abcd + efgb = efcbh

Cryptarithms

Cryptarithms or crypt-arithmetic problems are encrypted math problems, where numbers in


a given mathematical expression are represented by letters or other symbols. There are two
main types of cryptarythms: Hindu problems and Alphametics. In Hindu problems, every digit
in a mathematical expression is concealed with the same symbol, usually an asterisk.
Surprisingly, despite the fact that once the original digits have been replaced by asterisks and
they are indistinguishable, these problems can be solved. Alphametics are puzzles where
each digit is replaced by a different symbol, usually a letter. Many alphametics “spell out”
words, making them more attractive and entertaining. One of the most famous was invented
by Henry Ernest Dudeney, a British puzzlist, in 1924: SEND + MORE = MONEY.

A bit of history
Cryptarithms first appeared in the United States in 1864, but it is believed that they were
invented much earlier, in Ancient China. These original cryptarithms were mainly of the “Hindu”
type. In the early twentieth century, Simon Vatriquant, a Belgian mathematician pseudo-named
‘minos’, and mistakingly called Maurice Vatriquant, took them much more seriously. He
published many cryptarithms in a mathematical journal called “Sphinx”, published during the
first half of the twentieth century. Maurice Kraitchick, another well-known mathematician, was
the editor of this journal. The journal was dedicated to math puzzles, a branch of mathematics
that is known today as recreational mathematics. Jorge Soares, among others, has a great
cryptarithm site dedicated to the Sphinx. If you are already well-versed in cryptarithms, you
might want to challenge yourselves with some of the cryptarithms in his site.
Cryptarithm Rules

 Each letter represents a unique digit.


 Numbers must not start with a zero.
 The solution is unique (unless otherwise stated)

Types of cryptarithms
Types of cryptarithm include the alphametic, the digimetic, and the skeletal division

A digimetic cryptarithm is simply a cryptarithm where digits represent other digits

An alphametic puzzle (also sometimes known as a cryptarithm) is a type of puzzle where words
are put together into an arithmetic formula such that digits can be substituted for the letters to
make the formula true. In the first, I = 1, B = 9, and L = 0. There are many more of
these puzzles available

A long division in which most or all of the digits are replaced by symbols (usually asterisks) to
form a cryptarithm. Cryptarithms are a type of mathematical puzzle in which the digits are
replaced by symbols.

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