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Enigma Number 1544

By Richard England

6 May 2009

Spanish squares

Cero, uno and nueve are the Spanish words for 0, 1 and 9, so it is appropriate that I can make the following statement:

CERO, UNO and NUEVE are perfect squares.

In this statement digits have been consistently replaced by capital letters, different letters being used for different digits.

Please send in the numerical value of the square root of (CERO × UNO × NUEVE).

WIN £15 will be awarded to the sender of the first correct answer opened on Wednesday 10 June. The Editor’s decision is final. Please send entries to Enigma 1544, Âé¶¹´«Ã½, Lacon House,…

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