Sudoku For Dummies Volume 3

What is Sudoku?


Have you ever seen that weird grid thing at the back of a newspaper next to the crossword? That is Sudoku.

Sudoku: Sudoku is a logic-based, combinatorial number-placement puzzle. The objective is to fill a 9×9 grid with digits so that each column, each row, and each of the nine 3×3 sub grids that compose the grid contains all of the digits from 1 to 9. 

"Now that sounds fun" that is probably one of the first thoughts that people have when seeing a Sudoku puzzle for the first time but please just listen and keep an open mind. pretty please.

lets start with the basics

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In the book this first strategy that it states is "You do need to ask yourself questions like if so-and-so number is in this column, will such-and-such number go in the other box?"(Heron and James 6).


Try out this puzzle and comment if you solve it.

Tune in next time for the dramatic continuation of this trilling series.