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David McNeill
Posts: 63
Country : United Kingdom | Rakesh,
Looks like a great puzzle set. The clue for the 5th row in Kid Sudoku should be 46353. Will the strands in DNA Sudoku cross each other? If so, it would be helpful to make the colours more easily distinguishable on a black and white printer. I assume that the prime numbers in Prime Number Sudoku will not necessarily be of 3 digits. Loved your 2011 fact.
Thank you,
David McNeill. |
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rakesh_rai
Posts: 774
 
Country : India | Calavera - 2011-01-13 8:10 PMI've spotted a small mistake in the example for the KID Sudoku: One of the 3s in the 5th row must be a 5. Haven't solved it yet so I'm not sure which. You are right. It is 46353. Also I'm not completely sure about the MULTITAB Sudoku: Is the three digit number in a cage always on the right/bottom? Yes. And is the one digit number always to the left/top of the two digit number? Not necessarily. There will be one 1-digit number and one 2-digit number, whose product will be a 3-digit number. From the grid it will be clear which comes first - the 2-digit number or the 1-digit number. |
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rakesh_rai
Posts: 774
Country : India | David McNeill - 2011-01-13 8:18 PM
Will the strands in DNA Sudoku cross each other? No. I assume that the prime numbers in Prime Number Sudoku will not necessarily be of 3 digits. You are right. The prime numbers can be of any length from 1 to 9. : ) |
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rakesh_rai
Posts: 774
Country : India | Updated IB based on comments above is now available for download. |
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caudmont
Posts: 18
Country : France | DNA : would the sum of cell A in orange strand and the same cell A in blue strand equal 10 ?
Thanks
Edited by caudmont 2011-01-14 2:21 AM
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rakesh_rai
Posts: 774
Country : India | caudmont - 2011-01-14 2:20 AM
DNA : would the sum of cell A in orange strand and the same cell A in blue strand equal 10 ? That is a good question. I would repeat the relevant portion of the rules: " The sum of all corresponding numbers in the two strands is 10 (6 in the example)." - I hope you would have got your answer.  |
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tamz29
Posts: 225
Country : Thailand | tamz29 posted @ 2011-01-14 10:19 AM Hi
Looks like a wonderful test. I value presentation almost as much as the puzzle quality and this one may very well be the first to have both.
Hopefully, I come back on Sunday night in time for it.
Well done. |
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utkaarsh
Posts: 89
Country : India | Rakesh, very very creative set of puzzles, with my limited knowledge, i found these the best & most innovative ones, very excited for this one |
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caudmont
Posts: 18
Country : France | rakesh_rai - 2011-01-14 9:47 AM
caudmont - 2011-01-14 2:20 AM
DNA : would the sum of cell A in orange strand and the same cell A in blue strand equal 10 ? That is a good question. I would repeat the relevant portion of the rules: " The sum of all corresponding numbers in the two strands is 10 (6 in the example)." - I hope you would have got your answer.
Thanks |
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akash.doulani
Posts: 157
Country : India | one question regarding tennisdoku. in a situation where the set is given as 1:0 , does the first number have to be greater than the second one or it could be both ways ? |
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rakesh_rai
Posts: 774
Country : India | akash.doulani - 2011-01-14 5:59 PMone question regarding tennisdoku. in a situation where the set is given as 1:0 , does the first number have to be greater than the second one or it could be both ways ? Thanks for asking this question, Akash. In a "x:y" situation, x is the number of sets won and y is the number of sets lost. So, a "1:0" means 1 set won and 0 sets lost. And a set can be won in many ways: 6-1, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4, 7-5, 7-6, 8-6 and 9-7. so the two cells in question will have one of these "final scores". To answer your question precisely, the answer is Yes. For a "1:0" situation, the first number has to be greater than the second one. I hope this helps clarify your doubt. |
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purifire
Posts: 460
Country : India | Very Interesting sudokus... nice twists Rakesh... Looking forward to the test.... : )
ps. Thanks for letting me know my numerological number 
Rishi |
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akash.doulani
Posts: 157
Country : India | will the clues(i.e the numbers that appear in each type ) be given for poker sudoku or we will have to find out the numbers ourselves? |
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rakesh_rai
Posts: 774
Country : India | akash.doulani - 2011-01-14 8:25 PM
will the clues(i.e the numbers that appear in each type ) be given for poker sudoku or we will have to find out the numbers ourselves? Akash: This is mentioned clearly in the IB. " The repeating number in three of a kind/ four of a kind will be given. For full house, two numbers will be given, one of which will form a “pair” and the other will represent “three of a kind”. For Two pair, again two numbers will be given, both of which will form “pair”. For sequence, the first and last number will be given as clues." So you do not have to find out the numbers. With the given clues, you'll probably need to find out which hand type will be on which line. |
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Para
Posts: 315
Country : The Netherlands | Para posted @ 2011-01-16 3:32 AM For Prime Number sudoku, are we provided with a list of prime numbers made up of different digits? Because to be honest I don't know all prime numbers by head between 1 and 9 digits (I don't even know them past 2 digits), or be able to figure out if for example 7142957 (which is) or 7148563(which isn't) is a prime or not on the spot. Becaused the file I found to confirm if these numbers were or weren't, contains 1 million numbers. And I don't exactly feel like sorting through it to filter out all primes that only contain different digits, just for the sake of being able to solve the sudoku. |
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purifire
Posts: 460
Country : India | In the Numerologidoku, can the resultant number be flipped. as in example you mentioned that when I add up the letters I get 63. So is only 63 to be used or it can be flipped to 36?
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rakesh_rai
Posts: 774
Country : India | purifire - 2011-01-16 12:02 PM
In the Numerologidoku, can the resultant number be flipped. as in example you mentioned that when I add up the letters I get 63. So is only 63 to be used or it can be flipped to 36? Rishi: Flipping is not allowed. (also because this is not the FLIP LMI Test ) As mentioned in the IB, All “clue numbers” in the shaded cells read from left to right. - without flipping. So, if one of the clues is RISHI, we'll have to fill 63 in two consecutive shaded cells in the same row, reading left to right. |
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rakesh_rai
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Country : India | Para: I was expecting this query and I'm glad you asked it. Para - 2011-01-16 3:32 AM
For Prime Number sudoku, are we provided with a list of prime numbers made up of different digits? No. Because to be honest I don't know all prime numbers by head between 1 and 9 digits (I don't even know them past 2 digits), or be able to figure out if for example 7142957 (which is) or 7148563(which isn't) is a prime or not on the spot. Because the file I found to confirm if these numbers were or weren't, contains 1 million numbers. From the IB: " ...prime numbers are like life. They are very logical but you could never work out the rules, even if you spend all your time thinking about them." Anyway, Prime Exotica is not a test of memory. So its perfectly alright if you do not remember a list of prime numbers. However, there are a few basic techniques to find out if a number is not a prime number (for example, one such link is here). You may like to go through these once. And I don't exactly feel like sorting through it to filter out all primes that only contain different digits, just for the sake of being able to solve the sudoku. I agree with you. This is not needed anyway. In my opinion, if you approach the puzzle with an open mind and only basic knowledge of prime numbers, you should be able to solve it. |
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rakesh_rai
Posts: 774
Country : India | A feature being tried out this time is that of "anonymous ratings". On the score page, the average rating and number of solvers who rated will still be visible. But A cannot see ratings given by B (and vice-versa ). |
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muralik7
Posts: 10
Country : India | Rakesh, the moment I started reading first word of IB, it was very much involving and extremely interesting till the end. With my limited exposure to different kinds of puzzles/sudokus, I find these very interesting. Finishing touch (Tennisdoku) is superb. Coincidentally I read this on the day Australian Open began :). Looking forward for the test. |
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neerajmehrotra
Posts: 329
Country : India | I agree murali....... this is going to be one of the most interesting sudoku test...............looking forward for the weekend. |
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neerajmehrotra
Posts: 329
Country : India | Para - 2011-01-16 3:32 AM
For Prime Number sudoku, are we provided with a list of prime numbers made up of different digits? Because to be honest I don't know all prime numbers by head between 1 and 9 digits (I don't even know them past 2 digits), or be able to figure out if for example 7142957 (which is) or 7148563(which isn't) is a prime or not on the spot. Becaused the file I found to confirm if these numbers were or weren't, contains 1 million numbers. And I don't exactly feel like sorting through it to filter out all primes that only contain different digits, just for the sake of being able to solve the sudoku.
The list of first 500 prime numbers is here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_prime_numbers
Hope this will be sufficient to solve the puzzle. |
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rakesh_rai
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Country : India | The points for grids are rough indicators of the difficulty level of the grid. However, your experience can vary. For every sudoku grid, exactly 10 cells are marked as answer key. I do hope that you find time to take and enjoy the test over the weekend. In case of any issues during the test, you can send PM/mail to me.  (pe.jpg)Attachments ----------------  pe.jpg (43KB - 3 downloads) |
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Tejal Phatak
Posts: 81
Country : India | Really good set of puzzles..... Had a great time solving them!
I personally liked DNA Sudoku best but unfortunately could not submit the answer to it because of lack of few seconds...
Kombinance and Kid were enjoyable too...
Thanks for the test Rakesh, got to solve some new and really good variants! :) |
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