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cryptarithm, mathematical recreation in which the goal is to decipher an arithmetic problem in which letters have
been substituted for numerical digits.
The term crypt-arithmetic was introduced in 1931, when the following multiplication problem appeared in the
Belgian journal Sphinx:
Cryptarithm now denotes mathematical problems usually calling for addition, subtraction, multiplication, or
division and replacement of the digits by letters of the alphabet or some other symbols.
An analysis of the original puzzle suggested the general method of solving a relatively simple cryptarithm:
1. In the second partial product D × A = D, hence A = 1.

2. D × C and E × C both end in C; since for any two digits 1–9 the only multiple that will produce this result is
5 (zero if both digits are even, 5 if both are odd), C = 5.
3. D and E must be odd. Since both partial products have only three digits, neither D nor E can be 9. This
leaves only 3 and 7. In the first partial product E × B is a number of two digits, while in the second partial
product D × B is a number of only one digit. Thus E is larger than D, so E = 7 and D = 3.
4. Since D × B has only one digit, B must be 3 or less. The only two possibilities are 0 and 2. B cannot be zero
because 7B is a two digit number. Thus B = 2.
5. By completing the multiplication, F = 8, G = 6, and H = 4.
6. Answer: 125 × 37 = 4,625.
(From 150 Puzzles in Crypt-Arithmetic by Maxey Brooke; Dover Publications, Inc., New York, 1963. Reprinted
through the permission of the publisher.)
Such puzzles had apparently appeared, on occasion, even earlier. Alphametics refers specifically to cryptarithms in
which the combinations of letters make sense, as in one of the oldest and probably best known of all alphametics:
Unless otherwise indicated, convention requires that the initial letters of an alphametic cannot represent zero, and
that two or more letters may not represent the same digit. If these conventions are disregarded, the alphametic must
be accompanied by an appropriate clue to that effect. Some cryptarithms are quite complex and elaborate and have
multiple solutions. Computers have been used for the solution of such problems.
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