Maths Corner 

This problem comes from the live puzzles on the nrich website.

 

Can you solve this cryptarithm?

     M E

  + M E

  B E  E

 

The rules

  1. Each Letter represents one of the digits 0-9
  2. Identical digits are replaced by the same letter. Different digits are replaced by different letters.
  3. After replacing all the letters with digits, the resulting arithmetic expression must be mathematically correct.
  4. Numbers cannot start with 0. For example, the number 0900 is illegal.

 

Happy Solving!

From the Numeracy Team