Hint
The answer is 4 digits long, so what must G equal?
Answer
423 + 675 = 1098.
Reasoning
Remembering that:
even + even = even
odd + odd = even
even + odd = odd
To discuss individual letters, it's easiest to represent the sum as:
A B C
D E F +
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G H I J
A + D has to be over 9, which means that G = 1.
B + E = I, is even + odd = odd, which means that we can't have a carry from C + F (otherwise it would have been even + odd + 1, which is even).
The 1 has already gone, so the smallest possible value for either C or F is 3, which means that the other can't be 7 or 9 (otherwise we'd have a carry).
Therefore, C and F are 3 and 5, but we don't know which is which. But we do now know that J = 8.
A + D = H, is even + even = even, which means that we can't have a carry from B + E. Therefore, E can't be 9, as this would force a carry. So E = 7.
I is the only remaining odd number, so I = 9.
Which means that B = 2.
Neither A nor D can be 0 (otherwise we would have two of the same digit). So, H = 0.
Therefore, A and D are 4 and 6 (but we don't yet know which is which).
Since the top row's digits have to add to 9, A can't be 6, so A = 4, making C = 3.
This makes the sum 423 + 675 = 1098.
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Puzzle 2
These five words are connected somehow, which word is missing?
The initial letters spell ORANGE and the last letters spell INDIGO.
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Puzzle 3
My wonderful BrainBashers printer has made a few errors in my latest puzzle.
In each sentence below, one letter in every word has been misprinted.
Can you find the original sentences?
O bord is she land in eorth too is she push.She barly bind watches she warm.I tolling stonk rathers to mops.Thy grans in alwags greeter in thy otter wide.
Answers A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.The early bird catches the worm.A rolling stone gathers no moss.The grass is always greener on the other side.
Reasoning
Each letter appears as many times as there are straight lines in that letter.
The letter H has three straight lines, so three H's are shown.
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