Open Middle®
Directions: Using the digits 1 to 9, at most one time each, place a digit in each box to make the statement true.
Hint
What does absolute value mean?
How does that relate to two numbers?
How does that relate to two numbers?
Answer
There are many possible solutions. One example would be 3 and 7 are 2 units away from 5
Source: Bryan Anderson
I found 3 and 5 are 1 unit away from 9
That isn’t correct. 3 and 5 are 1 unit away from 4.
I found that 8 and 4 are 2 units away from 6.
1 and 7 are 3 units from 4
1 and 9 are 4 units from 5
2 and 8 are 3 unit away from 5