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“Cryptic Addition”

cryptic addition

From Henry Ernest Dudeney. Can you prove that this sum is correct?

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“If you turn the page upside down you will find that one, nine, one, and eight added together correctly make nineteen.”

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August 19, 2008January 21, 2013 | Puzzles

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