Word Difference

This sum appears to be correct when read as words. It can also be correct if you substitute digits for letters. Each different letter stands for a different digit.

F I V E
- O N E
F O U R

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  • Sue,
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  • Here is another answer ************** ************** **************
  • Mr Sim's 2j Class, Elgin Academy
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  • Our class got three more sets of solutions ************** - ************** = ************** - ************** = ************** - ************** = **************
  • Miss Teece's Class, MBHS
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  • ************** ************** --- ************** ************** --- ************** ************** --- ************** ************** --- ************** ************** --- ************** ************** -- **************
  • Transum,
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  • Thanks very much for sharing your solutions. Have we found all possible solutions to this puzzle yet? Does anyone have an insight into a way to prove that we have found all possible solutions? What strategies did your pupils use to find the solutions they found? Sorry, the answers only appear in these comments when you are logged in as a subscriber.
  • Ms Keplinger, Australia
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  • Ms Keplinger's Year 5 class. GOLD COAST AUSTRALIA :)We have found the followingONE+ONE= TWO ************** 143 = ************** by FrancescaFOUR + ONE = FIVE ************** ************** ************** by Jameel or ************** ************** ************** RubyEIGHT - FOUR = FOUR (15864 ************** by JameelTWO - ONE = ONE ************** 432 ************** by NatalieTWO +TWO = FOUR ************** 928) by Dorothy.

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