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Puzzle #184: Can you solve this rather unusual addition sum?

Can you solve this week’s arithmetical challenge, Cipher sum? Plus the answer to puzzle #183

7 September 2022

#184 Cipher sum

Set by Rob Eastaway

The sum shown below appears to be nothing out of the ordinary. The figures add up correctly as you would expect. But it has a rather unusual property. This is a cipher sum. Each of the digits represents a different digit, with the same digit always representing the same alternative digit.

The sum that it represents also adds up correctly. Can you find it?

26374

+ 46462

72836

Solution next week

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Solution

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