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HOW TO DO KAKURO PUZZLES

  • Start with a small kakuro puzzle for beginners.
  • Use a kakuro combinations table.
  • Look for clues that can be solved only in a specific way: sum 3 across two cells is always 1 + 2.
  • Learn the last cell technique and the croos reference method.
  • Look for row and column restrictions.
  • Some numbers cannot be composed of certain digits. This is especially true with a limited number of cells. Clue 16 can contain 1 when there are 4 cells, but not when there are only 2 cells.

If you have never played this puzzle before, than it is better to read the kakuro rules.



1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
LEV     PUZZLE
        

KAKURO COMBINATIONS
SUM H:

BOXES H: 		SUM V:

BOXES V:



KAKURO SOLVING INSTRUCTIONS

Follow the steps below to solve a kakuro puzzle.

  • Click on a WHITE BOX or use the arrow keys to activate another BOX.
  • LEV: choose your starting level - 1=easy / 2=difficult / 3=advanced.
  • PUZZLE: choose a kakuro puzzle from 1 to 25.
  • START: select START after setting LEV and PUZZLE.
  • The kakuro puzzle is loaded and the first WHITE BOX becomes active.
  • You see the kakuro combinations of this box.

    • SUM H = the SUM Horizontal of the row where this box belongs to.
    • BOXES H = the number of BOXES Horizontal of the row where this box belongs to.
    • SUM V = the SUM Vertical of the column where this box belongs to.
    • BOXES V = the number of BOXES Vertical of the column of this box.

  • First choose a BOX and then the NUMBER you want to fill in.
  • Choose the same NUMBER again to clear the box or another NUMBER to replace the previous one.
  • Choose 1 or more of the SMALL NUMBERS to indicate possible candidates
  • Choose ⏭ button to jump to the next puzzle.
  • Click on ✓ to check the kakuro puzzle. The wrong boxes turn red. The boxes turn yellow when the puzzle is completely correct!
  • Choose SOL to show the solution of the puzzle.

KAKURO AND EDUCATION

Kakuro offers interesting teaching opportunities for education. After all, this puzzle combines reasoning with arithmetic. Students gain insight into number relations because kakuro puzzles teaches them how to split numbers.