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History[edit]
Verbal arithmetic puzzles are quite old and their
inventor is not known. An 1864 example in The
American Agriculturist[2] disproves the popular
notion that it was invented by Sam Loyd. The
name "cryptarithmie" was coined by puzzlist
Minos (pseudonym of Simon Vatriquant) in the
May 1931 issue of Sphinx, a Belgian magazine of
recreational mathematics, and was translated as
"cryptarithmetic" by Maurice Kraitchik in 1942.
[3]
In 1955, J. A. H. Hunter introduced the word
"alphametic" to designate cryptarithms, such as
Dudeney's, whose letters form
meaningful words or phrases.[4]
Types of Cryptarithms[edit]
Types of cryptarithm include the alphametic, the
digimetic, and the skeletal division.
1.Alphametic A type of cryptarithm in which a set
of words is written down in the form of a long
addition sum or some other mathematical
problem. The object is to replace the letters of
the alphabet with decimal digits to make a valid
arithmetic sum.
2.Digimetic A cryptarithm in which digits are
used to represent other digits.
Other cryptarithm:
Cryptarithms
Cryptarithms are a type of mathematical puzzle in which the digits are replaced by symbols
(typically letters of the alphabet). For example:
Alphametics
The term alphametic is used when the letters form words and phrases. Here's a famous one:
S E N D
M O R E
+
+
1
9
1
5
0
6
8
7
5
+
3
7
8
8
8
5
5
6
0
0
M O N E Y
'doubly-true' where the
F O R T Y
T E N
+
T E N
S
X T Y
Alphametics - Examples
Below are some alphametic examples. Click on the link beside each puzzle to see the solution,
or return to the home page.
N U M B E R
+ N U M B E R
+
2
2
0
0
1
1
6
6
8
8
9
9
P U Z Z L E
T I L E S
+ P U Z Z L E S
+
9
7
1
7
5
5
4
4
2
2
9
+
1
0
6
6
8
5
8
9
9
9
2
2
2
P I
C T U R E
C L O C K
T I C K
T O C K
P L A N E T
+
+
1
8
8
1
1
8
0
6
6
O A S
+
9
+
1
7
7
9
9
+
1
4
8
5
9
4
4
8
8
1
0
0
9
6
6
3
4
4
6
C O C A
C O L A
I
H E R E
S H E
C O M E S
D O U B L E
D O U B L E
T O I L
T R O U B L E
9
+
T H R
T H R
T
T
O
E
E
W
W
N
E
E
O
O
E
8
0
8
7
8
7
+
1
+
+
1
9
6
6
2
2
5
3
1
3
3
H U N T
4
4
6
6
8
8
3
1
1
0
0
9
1
1
3
3
1
7 1 2 1 9
C R O S S
R O A D S
D A N G E R
+
+
8
8
E L E V E N
N O
G U N
N O
8
7
4
3
8
5
5
8
M E M O
F R O M
H O M E R