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Basic Concepts Sudoku

Sudoku is a puzzle that requires you to fill in the 9 9 874953621
grid with digits, according to the following rules. 532164897
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Rules 361472958
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1. Each row and each column must contain all 457839162
digits 1 through 9. 945728316
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2. Each 3 3 bold-lined box must contain all digits 723691485
1 through 9.

You must use trial and error, reasoning and intuition in order to solve Sudoku.

Example Fill in the cells with digits from 1 to 6, according 214
to the rules below, to complete the Sudoku 36
puzzle.
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1. Each row and each column must contain all
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digits 1 through 6. 6453 2
2. Each bold-lined area must contain all digits 1

through 6.

Class Notes

The digits from 1 to 6 can be used only once in each row. 214
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Therefore and each have a value of either 1 or 4. Since there
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is already a ‘ 4’ in the same column as , and . 6314

and each have a value of either 2 or 5. Since there is already 4
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a ‘2’ in the same column as , and .
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Remember that each bold-lined area must contain all digits 36
1 through 6. and each have a value of either or .
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Since there is already a ‘2’ in the same column as , and 6314

. 4
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Fill in the remaining cells with appropriate digits, according to the
rules. 214
36

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4
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