Document Type
Article
Source Publication Title
Horizons
First Page
12
Last Page
13
Abstract
One of the most significant conceptual jumps involved in algebra is the use of letters (and other symbols) to represent numbers. One way to get students used to this notion is via puzzles. This paper describes a generalization of one such puzzle, based on a terse telegraph message from impoverished college student to parents — “SEND MORE MONEY” — and well-known in some mathematical circles (a December 2001 web search turned up over two dozen hits). In this type of puzzle, which has been termed alphametics, each word is associated to a number with as many digits as there are letters, and each letter is associated with a distinct digit, 0 through 9. A puzzle solution identifies which digit corresponds to each of the letters.
Disciplines
Mathematics | Physical Sciences and Mathematics
Publication Date
1-1-2006
Language
English
License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License.
Recommended Citation
Kribs, Christopher, "SENDing MORE MONEY in any base" (2006). Mathematics Faculty Publications. 27.
https://mavmatrix.uta.edu/math_facpubs/27