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This information has a lot of important stuff!
1. In a multi-sentence, a comma between the different parts of the math sentence means that it is step by step. For example: 1 + 2 = 3, + 4 = 7,- 5 = 2 and so on. But if there is no comma in a math sentence, it means they are all the same: 1 + 5 = 3 + 2 = 10 - 4 (=6) and so on. Meaning that the equal sign means equal to. With letters, this would look like: A + Z = F, - B = D, etc.
2. What if you come across the math sentence, E = TY that would mean E equals the numbers that T and Y equal. So if T = 2, and Y = 7, then E would equal 27! In this case, T and Y DO NOT equal 10 or higher. They must equal an integer from 1 to 9. You would know this because the high would be (for example) 99. If T was equal to 12, then E would have to be 127! Since this is higher than 99, You would know that T could not equal 12. In some cases, T and/or Y may equal something higher than 9. Ex. In A = ZX, if Z = 15 and X = 0, A = 150. Note that if either of the letters Z or X are negative, A is also negative. If they are both negative (ex. Z = -12, X = -5), A is still negative (-125). ANOTHER THING THAT IS DIFFERENT IS if you find J = 5B. In a normal math sentence, this would mean that J = 5 times B. This is not so in the letter puzzles! If B = 3, J would eqaul 53, not 15 (which is 3*5). Negatives are rare (due to confusion) when these are used, but not impossible.
3. What happens if you find a letter that looks like this: R and another one like this: R are they the same, or different? The answer is, they're different. That is only in level 5+. It is very difficult. Other ways that may be included are: R, R, R, R, R, R, R, R. In ultimately extreme cases, there may be up to 16 of the same letter, using small letters instead of just capitals.
4. If you see a * marked in a title, it means there is multiplication and division in it. Sometimes the multiplication is no more than 1 x 1, sometimes 0 x 1 or any letter x 1. Usually it will include more than that.
4. b. If you see ** then you'll know there are negatives in that question! If you see a * in a number grid level, that means the same thing! The ** is just for the letter math puzzles.
4.c If you see * in a Problem Solving puzzle, it could mean as it says in #4, or if said so at the bottom it means that it isn't a puzzle I made. If you go inside of these things, I will have information on the person who created it, or if they got it from somewhere else.
NEGATIVES
5. What are negatives? They are numbers below zero. Negative one is
this: -1, so you know the difference between positive and negative.
If you add a positive number to a negative number, your number
increases. Ex. -5 + 3 = -2 and -2 + 6 = 4. If you find this
confusing, it may help to think of it like money in the bank. In you
have a loan of 5 dollars (or -5 balance), and you pay off 3 dollars
(+ 3), then your total balance is -2. Also, if you add a negative
number to a negative number, you will get a negative number no matter
what. For example, -3 + -1 = -4. It is similar to adding positives in
this way. Subtracting also goes the same way for negatives and
positives. Ex. -5 - (-2) = -3. (The brackets simply clarify the
difference between a negative number and the subtraction sign.) Let's
take the money example from before. If you have a loan of 5 dollars
and subtract a loan of 2 dollars, your total balance goes up to -3.