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How to play Calcudoku

Sudoku with arithmetic: fill the grid so no digit repeats, and every cage reaches its target.

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The rules, step by step

  1. Fill the grid with the digits from 1 up to the size of the grid, so each digit appears once in every row and every column.
  2. The thick outlines mark cages. The small label in the corner of a cage gives its target and operation.
  3. A label such as 7+ means the digits add to 7, 12× means they multiply to 12, 3− means they differ by 3, and 2÷ means one is twice the other.
  4. A cage with only a number is a single square: that is the digit.
  5. Unlike Sudoku, a digit can repeat inside a cage if its squares are in different rows and columns.

Where to start

Fill any single-square cages first. Then look at two-square cages with an unusual target: in a 4x4 grid, 12× can only be 3 and 4.

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