Ada's Bank Holiday Weekend Workout

[TheGoodGuy]

If you need some mental stimulation over the weekend, then try and solve my mathematical 'sum'.

RULES:
Each of the ten letters represent the ten numbers 0 through to 9.

Substitute the letters with their corresponding numbers to come up with the correct answer to the sum.

Good Luck

Ada.

[John]

Hi Ada,

I am on the way to cracking this. Hours and hours of work.

So far I have derived a few things, and was ever so close to cracking it the other night but then realised I'd gone wrong.

I'll keep going... so please don't post the solution, yet. :)

Thanks.

[GlosRFC]

I think I've got it now so I'll refrain from putting my "solution" up just at the moment :)

[Ruby]

Ok... one (1)
nine(9)
twenty (20)
fifty (50 )

all equal 80 Eighty... ?? :D

[John]

Glos does it in five minutes :D

[GlosRFC]

Here's my solution. No peeking if you don't want to know:

1 = H
2 = Y
3 = T
4 = E
5 = I
6 = W
7 = F
8 = N
9 = O
0 = G

so 984 + 8584 + 364832 + 75732 = 450132<!--EndFragment-->
<!--EndFragment-->:)

[John]

I haven't looked Glos. Well ok, I have. Highlighted Text --> But only to make sure you got T = 0, and you didn't... The way I saw it, T had to equal 0 for E of EIGHTY to remain the same value throughout. If T !=0 then E + the value of T would change E, thus, E would not be static.

Yes? No? Maybe?

[GlosRFC]

Definitely a no ------> T cannot possibly = 0. Neither can O, N, F or E....in the western hemisphere we don't use a leading zero!

[TheGoodGuy]

Glos,

I have to hand it to you.....your answer is correct. Well Done.

How long did it take you, honestly.

It took me hours, probably about 3 & a halfish, if I add up the time I took on every attempt I had at it.

Want another one?

Ada.

[John]

Well done Glos, by the way. :D

But --> I still can't understand why T is not zero. I want to put your answer into the equation myself Glos, but that'd be me admitting to defeat, and I'd rather crack it than let it crack me.

Edit --> It's ok, understand now, because you carry the 1 from the previous column.

[TheGoodGuy]

John,
Regarding the letter 'T'
'TWENTY' has to be a 'proper' number ie 246728, it can't have a leading zero... 046708. We don't write numbers like that.

Ada.

[GlosRFC]

Yes, I told him that :D

It took me about....well, 5 minutes or so once I'd put my mind to it! I could do another one, yes

[John]

Understand now guys (thankyou) I just didn't understand it when Glos posted above ('..in the western hemisphere we don't use a leading zero!'). :)

[sparkyminer]

Stop using white letters.

[John]

But why, Sparky? It shows up well in a mine.

[GlosRFC]

Not with the lights turned out it doesn't!!

[Workshy]

Glos,

I have to hand it to you.....your answer is correct. Well Done.

He's the forums champion "googler" :)

[John]

He's the forums champion "googler" :)

I think "He IS Google" would be more accurate.

[GlosRFC]

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