Fill the squares #2

Using all the digits from 1 to 9 fill in the squares to fit the stated totals.

What is the sum of the digits in 2 diagonals?

Remember to include the central square twice in your count.


The answer is 38.

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1 solution

Chew-Seong Cheong
Sep 18, 2014

Let the numbers be:

A B C D E F G H I \quad \quad \begin{matrix} A & B & C \\ D & E & F \\ G & H & I \end{matrix}

Start with the middle column: B + E H = 9 B+E-H =9 . There are only 2 likely cases: ( B + E = 3 ) × ( H = 1 ) (B+E=3)\times (H=1) or ( B + E = 9 ) × ( H = 1 ) (B+E=9) \times (H=1) . In both cases H = 1 H = 1 .

Case 1 is not acceptable because E E is too small for D × E F = 29 D \times E - F = 29 .

For case 2, ( B , E ) (B,E) cannot be ( 8 , 1 ) (8,1) , because H = 1 H=1 . Let's start with ( 7 , 2 ) (7,2) ; 2 2 is too small for E E for D × E F = 29 D \times E - F = 29 . Therefore, B = 2 , E = 7 B=2, E=7 .

Now, consider D × 7 F = 29 D \times 7 - F = 29 . Then D D must be 5 5 and then F = 6 F=6 .

Now, C + 6 I = 1 C+6-I=1 . Since H = 1 , B = 2 H=1, B=2 , then C = 3 , 4 C=3,4 so that I = 8 , 9 I = 8,9 . If C = 3 C=3 , then A = 2 = B A=2=B , which is unacceptable. Therefore, C = 4 C=4 , and I = 9 I = 9 and A = 3 A = 3 .

And it leaves G = 8 G=8 . Since 3 5 8 = 10 3-5-8=-10 and 8 × 1 9 = 1 8 \times 1 - 9 = -1 are true, therefore, G = 8 G=8 is correct.

The sum of the two diagonals = A + E + I + C + E + G = A+E+I+C+E+G

= 3 + 7 + 9 + 4 + 7 + 8 = 38 = 3 +7+9 + 4 + 7 + 8 = \boxed{38} .

You should have specified seven twice. Ie. Central digit twice...

Lavisha Parab - 6 years, 8 months ago

Is 7 double counted?

Zi Song Yeoh - 6 years, 8 months ago

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Yes, it is in both diagonals.

Guiseppi Butel - 6 years, 8 months ago

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7 should not be counted in both the diagonals

Mehul Arora - 6 years, 3 months ago

Frankly, 31 was my first answer. The question appears as a multiple choice question and I got it wrong. This time around I still thought the answer should be 31.

Chew-Seong Cheong - 6 years, 8 months ago

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How did you get 31?

Guiseppi Butel - 6 years, 8 months ago

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Just don't count 7 twice.

Chew-Seong Cheong - 6 years, 8 months ago

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