The X+Y Files

Issue 2

Odds and Evens

       

3

 

3

 

3

8

   

 

4

 

4

     

6

       
         

7

2

 

6

     

3

     
 

 

4

   

 

1

 

4

   

 

3

   

 

 

7

 

6

 

 

4

9

Print off and complete this diagram using the numbers 1 to 9 according to the rules given below.

  1. Even numbers occur only in horizontal or vertical pairs.
  2. These pairs of even numbers must be quite separate, not touching even at the corners.
  3. In the vertical columns, adjacent numbers differ by 0, 1 or 2.
  4. In the horizontal columns, adjacent numbers differ by 3, 4 or 5.
  5. There are twice as many 1’s as 2’s in the completed diagram.