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* Brain Age: *
* Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day! *
* (Nintendo DS) *
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* Guide / FAQ *
* Version 1.6 *
* Written by T. Sweda *
* Copyright 2006-2009 *
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* TABLE OF CONTENTS *
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1. Version History
2. Introduction
3. Quick Play
- Quick Brain Age Check
- Quick Brain Training
- Quick Sudoku
4. Daily Training
- Brain Age Check
* Word Memory
* Stroop Test
* Speed Counting
* Connect Maze
* Number Cruncher
* Calculations x20
- Training
* Calculations x20
* Calculations x100
* Reading Aloud
* Low to High
* Syllable Count
* Head Count
* Triangle Math
* Time Lapse
* Voice Calculation
- Graph
- Other Options
5. Sudoku
- Basic
- Intermediate
- Advanced
6. Download Play
7. Surprises
8. FAQ
9. Credits
10. Contact Me
11. Legal Stuff
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* 1. Version History *
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Version 1.0 (7/30/06)
Guide completed, all Basic and Intermediate Sudoku puzzles solved.
Version 1.1 (8/1/06)
All Sudoku puzzles solved, added complete list of Dr. Kawashima's Tips,
edited Legal Stuff section.
Version 1.2 (8/2/06)
Added word list for Word Memory test (90% complete), excerpt list for Reading
Aloud training exercise (100% complete), and sentence list for Syllable Count
training exercise (100% complete).
Version 1.3 (8/3/06)
Completed word list for Word Memory test, added Surprises and Credits
sections, expanded FAQ section.
Version 1.31 (8/12/06)
Made a few minor changes.
Version 1.4 (9/3/07)
Expanded FAQ, made some other minor changes.
Version 1.5 (1/5/09)
Added list of pictures found in European version, made some minor revisions.
Version 1.6 (6/23/09)
Reformatted Sudoku solutions, made other minor revisions.
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* 2. Introduction *
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Who hasn't heard of parents telling their kids that their brains will rot if
they play too many video games? Well what if there was a game that could
actually stimulate brain activity rather than dull it? That's exactly what
Nintendo hopes to accomplish with its DS game Brain Age, inspired by the work
of neuroscientist Dr. Ryuta Kawashima.
Brain Age uses a series of tests to determine how old your gray matter is.
Depending on how you perform, your Brain Age can range from 20 years old
(ideal) to 80 years old (worst). Most individuals find that their Brain Age
decreases after playing for a few days, but not everyone can get down to 20,
and that's why I'm here to help. With this guide, I hope to help you bring
your Brain Age down by at least a few years, if not more.
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* 3. Quick Play *
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Quick Play is essentially just a demo of the game. It's perfect if you only
want to play for a couple minutes or if you have a friend who doesn't want to
create a new profile.
QUICK BRAIN AGE CHECK: Take the Stroop Test to find your approximate Brain
Age. You're given 50 words, and your job is to recite the color of each word,
not the word itself. For example, if the word "Yellow" is written in black
letters, you should say "Black." Once you finish, you will be given your Brain
Age range (i.e. 20s, 30s, etc.).
QUICK TRAINING: Solve 20 simple addition, subtraction, and multiplication
problems as quickly as you can. This is the same as the Calculations x20
exercise from Daily Training, except your time is not saved.
QUICK SUDOKU: Complete a Sudoku puzzle. The puzzle you receive is a randomly
selected Basic puzzle.
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* 4. Basic Training *
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Unless you're a crazed Sudoku addict, this is where you'll spend most of your
time with this game. After creating a profile for yourself, you can keep track
of your Brain Age and complete the training exercises to earn stamps. You can
earn one stamp per day by completing a training exercise, or you can earn a
bigger stamp by completing at least three exercises in a day. Earn enough
stamps and you can unlock some pretty cool stuff. Below is a list of what you
can get with your stamps:
1 stamp - Low to High training exercise
2 stamps - Syllable Count training exercise
3 stamps - Head Count training exercise
5 stamps - Tips option
7 stamps - Stamp Designer option
9 stamps - Hard Mode for Head Count training exercise
11 stamps - Hard Mode for Calculations x100 training exercise
13 stamps - Triangle Math training exercise
15 stamps - Time Lapse training exercise
17 stamps - Hard Mode for Triangle Math training exercise
20 stamps - Voice Calculation training exercise
******* BRAIN AGE CHECK *******
Since your Brain Age is only saved the first time each day you do a Brain Age
Check, I recommend doing the Training exercises first to warm-up your brain.
When you opt to do a Brain Age Check, you will be asked if you are in a quiet
environment where you can speak. If you respond "Yes," you will be given the
Stroop Test followed by two randomly chosen tests from the following list:
Word Memory, Speed Counting, Connect Maze, Number Cruncher, and Calculations
x20. If you respond "No," you will be given three of the four following tests:
Word Memory, Connect Maze, Number Cruncher, and Calculations x20. Once you're
finished, you'll find out your Brain Age. Remember, 20 is ideal, and 80 is the
worst.
To help you gauge how well you need to do in order to have a Brain Age of 20, I
have included target scores for each test. They are only approximations, but I
have found that if I come pretty close to each target score, I can usually get
a Brain Age in the lower 20's.
Tip: If you hold the Select button while choosing "Brain Age Check," you can
choose which tests to take and in what order you'll take them. Otherwise, the
tests and order are random.
WORD MEMORY: In this test, you're given two minutes to memorize a list of 30
4-letter words, and then you have three minutes to write down as many as you
can remember.
Target Score: 20 words
Tip #1: Try memorizing words in groups. It helps to associate words by their
sound, spelling, or definition. Also try and create compound words (i.e.
snow/ball, door/bell, etc.) - one word is easier to remember than two.
Tip #2: The handwriting recognition is a bit fuzzy sometimes, so just remember
to dot all i's and j's, use long stems (i.e. the letters b, d, h, k, p, and q),
and close your curves (i.e. the letters a, e, g, o, and p). If it helps, you
can also use capital letters interchangeably with lower case letters.
The following list includes all 300 words that may appear in this test,
arranged alphabetically.
A: arms
B: baby back bald ball band bang bank bark
bath bear beds beef bees bell bend bird
blow blue boat body bomb bone book brow
bulb buns bunt burp busy buzz
C: cake camp cans cape card carp cars cart
cash cats cave chew city claw club coin
cold cook cops cord core cowl cows crib
crow cute
D: damp dank date dead deep dime dine dirt
dish dive dogs door dope drip duck dune
E: each edge eggs evil eyes
F: face fame fans five flea flip flow fool
foot fork four fund
G: game gang gate germ girl give gnat goal
goat gong good gore grin grit grow guns
H: hail hair halo hand hang hate head heap
heat hens hide high hill hive hold home
hone hoop hope horn hump hunt hurt hush
I: inch into iron
J: jaws jazz join juke jump
K: keen kick kids king knee
L: lace lake lame lamp land lass lazy left
legs liar life lime limp line lion live
lobs logs loon loop love luck lump lust
lynx
M: mail mall mash mask meow mice milk mill
miss mist moat monk moon mope mops more
mugs mule mush
N: nail nest news nine noon nose note nuns
O: oops
P: pain pans pets pick pier pine pink pipe
play poke poof pool poor pots pray prep
puff punk punt
Q: quit
R: rage rail rain rare rate rats rich ring
ripe rips road roar rock roll roof room
rope rose rude rush
S: sand sash sass saws seat sham shoe shut
sing slap slit slob snap snow snug soap
sock sofa song soup stay stop suit sulk
sunk swig
T: tags tail take talk tall tear tend them
this tick time tips tire toad tomb tone
tong toss town tree trip tubs tune
U: ----
V: ----
W: wail wait wall want warm wean what when
wimp wing with wolf wool
X: ----
Y: ----
Z: zing zoom
STROOP TEST: As with the Quick Brain Age Check, you're given 50 words, and
your task is to say the color of each word, not the words themselves. The four
colors are black, blue, red, and yellow.
Target Score: 1 min.
Tip #1: One common strategy for this test seems to be focusing between the
screens so that you cannot make out the words but can only see the colors, but
this is in effect cheating. You just have to put yourself in the mindset of
naming the colors you see, not what the words say. I know it's tough, but
that's the way the test is meant to be taken.
Tip #2: The game is pretty picky about how you say "blue." From what I can
gather, it doesn't like when you spit the word at it. End the word with the
back of your mouth, not the front - give it a clean cutoff. It should sound
like "bloo", not "blu." If the game doesn't recognize you the first time, just
stay calm and repeat yourself, slightly altering the pronunciation to see what
works. Although you may be tempted to, it doesn't help to yell or overly
exaggerate the word.
SPEED COUNTING: Real straightforward - count from 1 to 120 as quickly as you
can. The game does not attempt any voice recognition, so be honest with
yourself.
Target Score: 45 sec.
Tip: Try to time your breathing so that you take breaths after numbers that
end in 9 (i.e. 29, 39, etc.). There seems to be a natural tendency to pause
briefly between prefixes, so why not breathe then?
CONNECT MAZE: Your task is to connect the labeled circles in the following
order:
(left-->right)
A-1-B-2-C-3-D-4-E-5-F-6-G-7-H-8-I-9-J-10-K-11-L-12-M-13
Target Score: 30 sec.
Tip: Before you put your stylus on the A circle, take a quick second to
examine the layout of the other circles. By remembering the locations of just
a few circles, you can save yourself searching time later on.
NUMBER CRUNCHER: Several numbers of different values, colors, and motions will
be scattered about, and you'll be asked to count how many numbers of a certain
type there are. Values range from 0 to 9, the colors are the same as in the
Stroop Test (black, blue, red, and yellow), and there are three types of motion
(pulsing, rotating, and sliding).
Target Score: 1 min.
Tip: Keep your eyes focused just below the words "How many" at the top. That
way, you will know immediately what you need to look for.
CALCULATIONS X20: You will be given 20 simple addition, subtraction, and
multiplication problems to solve.
Target Score: 15 sec.
Tip: Always look ahead. While you're writing out the answer to the current
problem, begin solving the next problem so that you can answer it as soon as it
comes up.
******* TRAINING *******
Here, you get to exercise your brain, earn stamps, and unlock cool stuff. You
can do the exercises as many times as you want, but only the results of your
first time will be saved.
CALCULATIONS X20: This is the only training exercise that is also sometimes
used in the Brain Age Check. Just solve 20 addition, subtraction, and
multiplication problems in as little time as possible.
Tip: Always look ahead...
CALCULATIONS X100: The same as Calculations x20, just five times as long. To
unlock Hard Mode, which adds division problems to the mix, either earn 11
stamps or complete this exercise in under 90 seconds.
Tip: As with Calculations x20, always try and solve the next problem while
you're writing the answer to the current problem. With this exercise, however,
mental fatigue begins to slow you down some about halfway through. Just try to
stay focused and maintain your concentration.
READING ALOUD: Read the given selection from a piece of classic English
literature as quickly as you can. The game says that it's OK if you read to
yourself, but it really is better if you read out loud since that forces you to
pronounce tricky words rather than skip over them.
Tip: It helps to have a broad vocabulary, but if you do run into an unfamiliar
word, try to pronounce it as best you can. Additionally, don't spend too much
time trying to figure out how to pronounce proper names - just pick a
pronunciation and go with it.
Below is the list of literary works from which the excerpts for this exercise
are taken, arranged alphabetically by the authors' last names. The list can
also be found on page 49 of the instruction booklet.
- Alcott, Louisa May: Little Women
- Anderson, Sherwood: Winesburg, Ohio
- Austen, Jane: Emma; Pride and Prejudice; Sense and Sensibility
- Bierce, Ambrose: An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
- Bronte, Emily: Wuthering Heights
- Brown, William Wells: Clotelle: A Tale of Southern States
- Carroll, Lewis: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
- Chopin, Kate O'Flaherty: The Awakening
- Conrad, Joseph: Heart of Darkness
- Cooper, James Fenimore: The Last of the Mohicans
- Crane, Stephen: The Red Badge of Courage
- Defoe, Daniel: Robinson Crusoe
- Dickens, Charles: A Christmas Carol; Great Expectations; A Tale of Two
Cities
- Douglass, Frederick: My Bondage and My Freedom
- Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan: The Hound of the Baskervilles; The Lost World
- Dumas, Alexandre: The Count of Monte Cristo
- Eliot, George: Middlemarch; Silas Marner
- Emerson, Ralph Waldo: Essays - First Series
- Fielding, Henry: The History of Tom Jones
- Franklin, Benjamin: The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
- Hawthorne, Nathaniel: The Scarlet Letter
- Henry, O.: The Gift of the Magi
- Irving, Washington: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
- Jacobs, Henry: Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Written by Herself
- James, Henry: The Turn of the Screw
- Lincoln, Abraham: The Gettysburg Address
- London, Jack: The Call of the Wild; To Build a Fire; White Fang
- Melville, Herman: Bartleby the Scrivener; Moby Dick
- Paine, Thomas: The American Crisis
- Poe, Edgar Allan: The Cask of Amontillado; The Pit and the Pendulum; The
Tell-Tale Heart
- Richardson, Samuel: Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded
- Shelly, Mary: Frankenstein
- Sterne, Laurence: The Life and Opinions of Tristam Shandy, Gentleman
- Stevenson, Robert Louis: The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde;
Treasure Island
- Stoker, Bram: Dracula
- Stowe, Harriet Beecher: Uncle Tom's Cabin
- Swift, Jonathan: Gulliver's Travels
- Thoreau, Henry David: Walden
- Trollope, Anthony: The Warden
- Twain, Mark: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn; The Adventures of Tom
Sawyer; A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
- Washington, Booker T.: Up from Slavery: An Autobiography
- Wells, H.G.: The Time Machine; The War of the Worlds
- Wilde, Oscar: The Picture of Dorian Gray
- The Constitution of the United States of America
- The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America
LOW TO HIGH: A set of numbers will appear briefly in a formation, and your job
is to tap the locations of the numbers in order from lowest number to highest
number. If you get a sequence correct, the next formation will have one more
number to remember. If you make a mistake, the next formation will have one
less number. There are a total of 10 formations.
Tip: It works better if you try to memorize the actual numbers rather than the
order. Once you have the numbers memorized, you can work out the order from
there.
SYLLABLE COUNT: You'll be given a series of 10 sentences, and you have to
count the total number of syllables in each. Some sentences you may recognize
as popular adages, while others you may have heard elsewhere.
Tip: It helps to at least mouth the sentence as you count syllables,
especially when there are words with three or more syllables. And try as best
you can to keep the count in your head - counting fingers may be more reliable,
but it takes longer.
Below is a list of expressions that appear in this exercise. The number in
parentheses following each expression indicates the number of syllables.
A bad cause demands many words. (8)
A bad penny always turns up. (8)
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. (11)
A bold mouse nestles in the cat's ear. (9)
A broken hand works, but not a broken heart. (11)
A chain is no stronger than its weakest link. (11)
A chicken is heavy when carried far. (10)
A closed mouth catches no flies. (7)
A courtyard common to all will be swept by none. (12)
A drowning man is not troubled by the rain. (11)
A fool and his money are soon parted. (10)
A fool sees not the same tree that the wise man sees. (12)
A friend's eye is a good mirror. (8)
A good milking keeps the cow content. (9)
A hard beginning makes a good ending. (10)
A house divided cannot stand. (8)
A hungry man is an angry man. (9)
A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth can get its pants on. (18)
A lock is better than suspicion. (9)
A man's home is his castle. (7)
A penny saved is a penny earned. (9)
A picture is worth a thousand words. (9)
A rolling stone gathers no moss. (8)
A soft answer turneth away wrath. (9)
A stitch in time saves nine. (6)
A teacher is better than two books. (9)
A throne is only a bench covered in velvet. (12)
Absence makes the heart grow fonder. (8)
Absolute power corrupts absolutely. (11)
Actions speak louder than words. (7)
All that glitters is not gold. (7)
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. (10)
All's fair in love and war. (6)
An apple a day keeps the doctor away. (11)
An honest man lives without fear of lies. (10)
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. (12)
And they lived happily ever after. (10)
Ask and you shall receive. (6)
Ask me no questions, I will tell you no lies. (11)
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. (11)
Because I could not stop for death, He kindly stopped for me. (14)
Beggars can't be choosers. (6)
Better late than never. (6)
Better no doctor at all than three. (9)
Better the devil you know than the devil you don't. (13)
Better to have loved and lost than never loved at all. (13)
Birds of a feather flock together. (9)
Blood is thicker than water. (7)
Business before pleasure. (6)
Chance favors the prepared mind. (7)
Cleanliness is next to godliness. (9)
Climb mountains to see lowlands. (7)
Close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades. (11)
Curiosity killed the cat. Satisfaction brought it back. (15)
Diligence is the mother of good fortune. (11)
Discretion is the better part of valor. (11)
Don't change horses in midstream. (7)
Don't count your chickens before they are hatched. (10)
Don't make me turn this car around. (8)
Don't slap a man who carries a sword. (9)
Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater. (11)
Don't use a hatchet to remove a fly from your forehead. (14)
Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise. (18)
Eaten out of house and home. (7)
Every cloud has a silver lining. (9)
Everyone loves a winner. (7)
Everyone pushes a falling fence. (9)
Facts are the enemy of truth. (8)
Finders keepers, losers weepers. (8)
Flies in the buttermilk. Shoo, fly, shoo. (9)
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. (9)
Forgive your enemies but never forget their names. (13)
Four score and seven years ago... (8)
Give credit where credit is due. (8)
Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever. (14)
Good fences make good neighbors. (7)
Good luck beats early rising. (7)
He who hesitates is lost. (7)
He who knows nothing, doubts nothing. (8)
He who rides a tiger is afraid to dismount. (12)
Honesty is the best policy. (9)
Hope for the best, expect the worst. (8)
How much wood would a woodchuck chuck? (8)
I regret that I have but one life to give for my country. (15)
If wishes were horses, beggars would ride. (10)
If you believe everything you read, stop reading. (12)
If you can't take the heat, get out of the kitchen. (12)
If you never leave your house, the wallpaper will become quite dull. (16)
If you strike at the king, you must kill him. (10)
Ignorance is bliss. (5)
Ignorance of the law is no excuse. (10)
In a contest between power and patience, bet on patience. (15)
In any other ballpark, that's a home run. (11)
In for a penny, in for a pound. (9)
In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king. (12)
It ain't over until the fat lady sings. (11)
It is a far, far better thing that I do than I have ever done before. (19)
It takes one to know one. (6)
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. (11)
Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens. (8)
Let sleeping dogs lie. (5)
Little Jack Horner sat in a corner. (10)
Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet. (10)
Little pitchers have big ears. (7)
Live with wolves and you learn to howl. (8)
Luck is the residue of design. (9)
Man cannot live by bread alone. (8)
Many hands make light work. (6)
Money is the root of all evil. (9)
Neither a borrower nor a lender be. (11)
No man is an island. (6)
Nobody knows the trouble I've seen. (9)
Nobody likes a quitter. (7)
Nothing ventured, nothing gained. (7)
Oh beautiful for spacious skies, for amber waves of grain. (14)
Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away. (12)
One man's trash is another man's treasure. (10)
Only a fool would slay a golden goose. (10)
Over the river and through the woods, to grandmother's house we go. (16)
Parting is such sweet sorrow. (7)
Patience is a virtue. (6)
People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. (12)
Practice makes perfect. (5)
Red sky at night, sailor's delight. Red sky at morning, sailors take warning.
(18)
Smile, and the world smiles with you. Cry and you cry alone. (13)
Snatch victory from the jaws of defeat. (10)
Speak softly and carry a big stick. (9)
Stop whining and eat your peas. (7)
Talent does what it can, wisdom does what it must. (12)
Thank you Mario, but our princess is in another castle. (16)
That which does not kill you makes you stronger. (10)
The bigger they are, the harder they fall. (10)
The buck stops here. (4)
The course of true love never did run smooth. (10)
The ends justify the means. (7)
The enemy of my enemy is my friend. (12)
The foolish man walks without his shoes. (9)
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence. (15)
The proof of the pudding is in the eating. (11)
The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak. (11)
The squeaky wheel gets the grease. (7)
There are no small parts, only small actors. (10)
There is a method to his madness. (9)
There was an old woman who lived in a shoe. (11)
There's a sucker born every minute. (9)
There's no substitute for originality. (12)
This is shaping up to be a real pitchers' duel. (13)
Time flies when you are having fun. (8)
To err is human, to forgive is divine. (11)
To protect and serve. (5)
To speak with an operator, please press one now. (12)
Truth is stranger than fiction. (7)
Two heads are better than one. (7)
United we stand, divided we fall. (10)
Variety is the spice of life. (9)
Vote early and vote often. (7)
We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union...
(21)
What's good for the goose is good for the gander. (11)
When a body meets a body coming through the rye... (13)
When in Rome, do as the Romans do. (9)
When it rains, it pours. (5)
When the going gets tough, the tough get going. (11)
When you hear hoofbeats, think horses, not zebras. (11)
Will the last man standing please turn out the lights? (11)
Winners never cheat, and cheaters never win. (11)
Wise men make proverbs, but fools repeat them. (10)
Wit is educated insolence. (9)
Yankee Doodle went to town, riding on a pony. (13)
You can catch more flies with honey than you can with vinegar. (15)
You don't get something for nothing. (8)
HEAD COUNT: Keep a tally of the number of people inside the house as numerous
groups enter and leave. At first, they only use the front and back doors, but
in Hard Mode, they also come and go through the chimney.
Tip: It's easier to calculate the net gain/loss during each interval and
add/subtract that to your total rather than adjust your count up and down every
time. For example, if two people leave and three people enter, add one to your
count instead of subtracting two then adding three.
TRIANGLE MATH: Given a row of three numbers (four in Hard Mode), perform the
indicated operation for each adjacent pair to obtain a new row of numbers, then
repeat until you're left with only one number.
Tip: You will need to work with both positive and negative numbers, so be
comfortable with each. Remember, adding a positive is the same as subtracting
a negative, and vice versa.
TIME LAPSE: You will be shown two clocks, and your task is to determine how
much time has elapsed between them. For each set, the "after" clock will
become the "before" clock of the next set, so you'll only have to read one new
clock in each set (except for the first set, of course).
Tip: Rather than follow the hands, I like to convert each clock to a digital
readout then simply subtract. It makes things easier for me, but if following
the hands of the clock works better for you, by all means use that method
instead.
VOICE CALCULATION: Like the Hard Mode of Calculations x100, you must solve a
series of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division problems as
quickly as you can. In this exercise, however, there are only 50 problems, and
you use your voice to answer them rather than your stylus.
Tip: As with Calculations x20 and Calculations x100, always try to keep your
eye on the next problem as you're answering the current one.
******* GRAPH *******
Use this option to view your Brain Age progress as well as your progress in the
training exercises.
Tip: If you hold the Select button while choosing "Graph", you can view the
top 3 lists for all Brain Age Check tests and unlocked training exercises.
Tapping a high score entry will show you who achieved it.
******* OTHER OPTIONS *******
Here, you can change your settings, delete your profile (under the Settings
menu, select "Erase personal data"), edit your signature, or view the staff
credits. If you earn enough stamps, you can also customize your stamp design
and unlock a list of Tips you've collected from Dr. Kawashima. Below is the
full list of Tips that you can receive:
1. Your belly needs food, doesn't it? Well, so does your brain! And
breakfast is key! A morning meal helps your brain run better. Your brain is
usually at its best in the early morning. So, let's make sure it has the
energy, or carbohydrates, that it needs!
2. You brush your teeth when you wake up, right? I hope you do! While you
brush your teeth, try counting all the brushstrokes. This will help to wake
you up and warm up your brain!
3. The daily commute is a great brain training opportunity. Try to read all
of the billboards and signs as quickly as you can. Doing so will help to
activate your prefrontal cortex. But make sure to keep your eyes on the road
if you're driving!
4. Look at people on the street and try to guess how they are feeling, then
put those feelings into your own words. Speaking imagined ideas puts many
areas of your brain to work.
5. If your train or bus is so crowded you can't even open your newspaper, try
reading all the advertisements instead. See how many you can memorize in
thirty seconds. This is good general training for your prefrontal cortex.
6. Listen closely to the news on the TV or radio, and then try to summarize
all the stories in three to four minutes.
7. Look around you and count all the numbers that you can see, then add,
subtract, multiply, and divide them until you get an answer of one. Performing
simple arithmetic really wakes up your brain.
8. Walking around can also present brain training opportunities. Try counting
the number of steps you take as you walk. Couting uses both the left and right
prefrontal cortex hemispheres.
9. Say, do you try to work or study with the radio or TV blaring away? This
kind of multi-tasking splits your brain focus and lowers efficiency.
10. It's only polite to make eye contact when speaking to another person. Eye
contact does two things. First, it improves your communication. And secondly,
it gives your brain more information to work with.
11. Cell phones and e-mail have made our lives more convenient, but you can't
rely on those tools alone. You must seize every opportunity for conversation!
By engaging in direct conversation with many people every day, you will be
forced to use words and gestures that stimulate the brain.
12. Before you start to work or study, take a moment to prioritize your goals
for the day. Such prioritization is actually very good brain training!
13. Imagining an image and then creating it is good for the prefrontal cortex.
Painting a picture, for example, or sculpting something out of clay. Make sure
that you create what's in your mind. Don't use a model!
14. Think of the names of all the things around you, and then try to think of
as many related verbs as you can. So, for the word "pencil", you might think
of "scribble" or "roll."
15. Even a large and noisy dinner party presents training opportunities. Try
shutting out the loud hullabaloo of conversation and concentrate instead on the
voice of one specific person.
16. Do you have any subconscious habits? I know you do! Your brain suffers
when you lose conscious control of your actions. Try to curb habits such as
fidgeting or biting your nails. Doing so is excellent training for your brain!
17. You can easily learn people's names when you first meet them. Just repeat
the name silently to yourself over and over! Try telling yourself "I'm going
to remember" as you do this.
18. Do you like to eat out for lunch? If you find yourself doing so
frequently, try going to new places at least once a week. Your brain needs new
stimuli on a regular basis.
19. Have you had a good laugh recently? Like they say, "laughter is the best
medicine." And it's good for your brain, too!
20. Even bad puns can be good for your brain! I know they often aren't
very... punny! Hoo hoo ha! But if you can stomach them, they'll really help
your brain.
21. Checking the route you take to school or work will help activate the
brain. Your brain gets tired of the same stimuli day in and day out!
22. Singing a cappella is also a form of brain training. If you have the
guts, try singing karaoke without any music!
23. After a hard day of work or school, cool down your brain with TV or video
games! Even these simple things could improve your overall brain efficiency!
*************
* 5. Sudoku *
*************
Brain Age includes a total of 120 Sudoku puzzles - 40 Basic, 40 Intermediate,
and 40 Advanced. In each set of 40, there are four tutorial puzzles and 36
regular puzzles. For the purposes of this guide, I have numbered the puzzles
as they appear on the menus, numbering from left to right, top to bottom,
beginning with #1 on page 1 and #21 on page 2, as seen in the illustration
below:
[1] [2] [3] [4] | [21] ... ... ...
|
[5] ... ... ... | ...
|
... | ...
|
... | ...
|
... ... ... [20] | ... ... ... [40]
(page 1) | (page 2)
For those of you who are unfamiliar with Sudoku, please allow me to explain. A
Sudoku grid is a 9x9 grid composed of nine 3x3 subgrids. Each 1x1 cell holds
one number from 1-9, and in order to solve a Sudoku puzzle, every row, column,
and 3x3 subgrid must contain each of the numbers 1-9. Simple enough, right?
Because there are so many great websites and articles out there related to
solving Sudoku puzzles, I'll refrain from delving into strategy discussion too
much. If I had to give one bit of advice, though, it would be to take
advantage of the feature that allows you to jot notes in empty cells. In each
empty cell, if you note all Options (possible entries for that cell), it
becomes much easier to use logic to fill in the rows, columns, or 3x3 subgrids.
If you ever get stuck, try jotting notes in the empty cells and see if it helps
at all.
And now for the solutions...
******* BASIC *******
1. (tutorial)
+-------+-------+-------+
| | | |
| | 1 | |
| | | |
+-------+-------+-------+
| | | |
| 2 3 | 1 4 | |
| | | 1 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 1 | | |
| | | |
| | | |
+-------+-------+-------+
2. (tutorial)
+-------+-------+-------+
| | | |
| | 3 | |
| | | |
+-------+-------+-------+
| | | 3 |
| | 3 7 | |
| | 5 1 | |
+-------+-------+-------+
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
+-------+-------+-------+
3. (tutorial)
+-------+-------+-------+
| | | |
| | 1 | |
| | 7 | |
+-------+-------+-------+
| | | |
| 4 5 | 6 | 8 2 |
| | | |
+-------+-------+-------+
| | 3 | |
| | | |
| | 9 | |
+-------+-------+-------+
4. (tutorial)
+-------+-------+-------+
| | | |
| | 2 | |
| | | |
+-------+-------+-------+
| | 1 4 | |
| 6 | 8 | 3 |
| | 7 | |
+-------+-------+-------+
| | | |
| | 5 | |
| | 9 | |
+-------+-------+-------+
5.
+-------+-------+-------+
| 1 6 3 | 4 5 9 | 8 2 7 |
| 4 2 8 | 3 7 1 | 5 6 9 |
| 7 9 5 | 8 2 6 | 1 4 3 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 5 4 2 | 7 6 8 | 3 9 1 |
| 3 1 6 | 5 9 2 | 4 7 8 |
| 8 7 9 | 1 4 3 | 2 5 6 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 9 3 7 | 2 1 5 | 6 8 4 |
| 6 5 1 | 9 8 4 | 7 3 2 |
| 2 8 4 | 6 3 7 | 9 1 5 |
+-------+-------+-------+
6.
+-------+-------+-------+
| 7 9 3 | 1 8 6 | 4 2 5 |
| 2 6 4 | 9 7 5 | 8 3 1 |
| 8 5 1 | 3 4 2 | 6 7 9 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 9 1 6 | 8 2 3 | 5 4 7 |
| 5 7 2 | 6 9 4 | 1 8 3 |
| 4 3 8 | 7 5 1 | 2 9 6 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 3 8 5 | 2 6 9 | 7 1 4 |
| 6 2 9 | 4 1 7 | 3 5 8 |
| 1 4 7 | 5 3 8 | 9 6 2 |
+-------+-------+-------+
7.
+-------+-------+-------+
| 7 4 5 | 6 3 9 | 8 1 2 |
| 3 6 2 | 8 5 1 | 4 7 9 |
| 8 1 9 | 2 4 7 | 3 5 6 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 4 3 7 | 1 9 8 | 6 2 5 |
| 6 2 1 | 4 7 5 | 9 8 3 |
| 5 9 8 | 3 6 2 | 7 4 1 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 9 8 4 | 5 1 6 | 2 3 7 |
| 1 7 3 | 9 2 4 | 5 6 8 |
| 2 5 6 | 7 8 3 | 1 9 4 |
+-------+-------+-------+
8.
+-------+-------+-------+
| 2 6 3 | 8 5 7 | 9 1 4 |
| 1 7 5 | 9 4 6 | 3 8 2 |
| 8 4 9 | 3 1 2 | 6 5 7 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 9 5 2 | 1 3 8 | 7 4 6 |
| 6 1 7 | 4 2 5 | 8 9 3 |
| 4 3 8 | 7 6 9 | 5 2 1 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 3 8 4 | 6 9 1 | 2 7 5 |
| 7 2 1 | 5 8 3 | 4 6 9 |
| 5 9 6 | 2 7 4 | 1 3 8 |
+-------+-------+-------+
9.
+-------+-------+-------+
| 3 5 2 | 6 8 1 | 9 4 7 |
| 4 6 8 | 9 2 7 | 3 5 1 |
| 9 7 1 | 3 4 5 | 8 6 2 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 1 2 4 | 8 7 6 | 5 3 9 |
| 8 9 7 | 4 5 3 | 2 1 6 |
| 6 3 5 | 1 9 2 | 7 8 4 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 5 1 9 | 2 3 4 | 6 7 8 |
| 7 8 6 | 5 1 9 | 4 2 3 |
| 2 4 3 | 7 6 8 | 1 9 5 |
+-------+-------+-------+
10.
+-------+-------+-------+
| 5 6 8 | 9 7 4 | 2 3 1 |
| 4 2 9 | 5 3 1 | 6 8 7 |
| 7 3 1 | 8 6 2 | 4 9 5 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 3 4 5 | 7 9 8 | 1 6 2 |
| 8 1 6 | 2 5 3 | 7 4 9 |
| 9 7 2 | 1 4 6 | 8 5 3 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 1 8 3 | 6 2 5 | 9 7 4 |
| 6 5 7 | 4 1 9 | 3 2 8 |
| 2 9 4 | 3 8 7 | 5 1 6 |
+-------+-------+-------+
11.
+-------+-------+-------+
| 6 5 1 | 3 4 2 | 7 9 8 |
| 4 2 3 | 8 9 7 | 6 5 1 |
| 9 8 7 | 1 5 6 | 4 3 2 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 1 6 5 | 9 2 8 | 3 7 4 |
| 3 4 2 | 7 1 5 | 9 8 6 |
| 7 9 8 | 4 6 3 | 2 1 5 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 5 3 9 | 6 8 4 | 1 2 7 |
| 8 1 4 | 2 7 9 | 5 6 3 |
| 2 7 6 | 5 3 1 | 8 4 9 |
+-------+-------+-------+
12.
+-------+-------+-------+
| 7 4 5 | 6 8 1 | 9 2 3 |
| 1 9 8 | 2 5 3 | 4 7 6 |
| 6 2 3 | 9 4 7 | 8 1 5 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 9 7 2 | 5 3 4 | 6 8 1 |
| 5 6 4 | 8 1 9 | 2 3 7 |
| 3 8 1 | 7 6 2 | 5 9 4 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 2 5 6 | 3 7 8 | 1 4 9 |
| 8 1 7 | 4 9 6 | 3 5 2 |
| 4 3 9 | 1 2 5 | 7 6 8 |
+-------+-------+-------+
13.
+-------+-------+-------+
| 2 3 1 | 4 6 8 | 5 7 9 |
| 8 4 5 | 9 3 7 | 1 2 6 |
| 6 9 7 | 2 5 1 | 3 4 8 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 4 6 8 | 1 7 5 | 2 9 3 |
| 1 2 9 | 8 4 3 | 7 6 5 |
| 5 7 3 | 6 9 2 | 4 8 1 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 7 8 2 | 5 1 9 | 6 3 4 |
| 3 1 6 | 7 8 4 | 9 5 2 |
| 9 5 4 | 3 2 6 | 8 1 7 |
+-------+-------+-------+
14.
+-------+-------+-------+
| 2 1 9 | 6 4 5 | 7 8 3 |
| 8 3 4 | 2 7 9 | 6 5 1 |
| 5 6 7 | 3 8 1 | 9 4 2 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 1 7 8 | 9 3 2 | 4 6 5 |
| 9 4 3 | 7 5 6 | 1 2 8 |
| 6 2 5 | 8 1 4 | 3 9 7 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 7 5 2 | 4 6 3 | 8 1 9 |
| 4 8 1 | 5 9 7 | 2 3 6 |
| 3 9 6 | 1 2 8 | 5 7 4 |
+-------+-------+-------+
15.
+-------+-------+-------+
| 8 6 2 | 1 4 3 | 9 7 5 |
| 7 4 9 | 6 5 2 | 1 3 8 |
| 3 1 5 | 7 8 9 | 6 2 4 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 6 3 4 | 2 7 1 | 8 5 9 |
| 5 7 1 | 3 9 8 | 4 6 2 |
| 9 2 8 | 5 6 4 | 3 1 7 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 4 5 7 | 9 1 6 | 2 8 3 |
| 2 9 6 | 8 3 7 | 5 4 1 |
| 1 8 3 | 4 2 5 | 7 9 6 |
+-------+-------+-------+
16.
+-------+-------+-------+
| 4 9 3 | 7 6 5 | 8 2 1 |
| 6 8 7 | 1 3 2 | 4 9 5 |
| 5 1 2 | 4 9 8 | 7 6 3 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 9 6 1 | 5 4 3 | 2 8 7 |
| 2 5 4 | 8 1 7 | 9 3 6 |
| 7 3 8 | 6 2 9 | 1 5 4 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 1 2 9 | 3 5 4 | 6 7 8 |
| 3 7 6 | 2 8 1 | 5 4 9 |
| 8 4 5 | 9 7 6 | 3 1 2 |
+-------+-------+-------+
17.
+-------+-------+-------+
| 6 5 2 | 1 4 8 | 3 7 9 |
| 8 4 3 | 7 9 5 | 2 6 1 |
| 1 9 7 | 3 2 6 | 4 8 5 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 9 3 6 | 4 8 2 | 1 5 7 |
| 5 7 4 | 9 1 3 | 6 2 8 |
| 2 1 8 | 5 6 7 | 9 3 4 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 7 6 9 | 2 5 4 | 8 1 3 |
| 3 2 1 | 8 7 9 | 5 4 6 |
| 4 8 5 | 6 3 1 | 7 9 2 |
+-------+-------+-------+
18.
+-------+-------+-------+
| 1 4 7 | 8 6 9 | 3 2 5 |
| 9 8 2 | 5 1 3 | 6 4 7 |
| 6 5 3 | 7 2 4 | 1 9 8 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 7 3 6 | 2 5 1 | 4 8 9 |
| 8 2 5 | 4 9 6 | 7 1 3 |
| 4 1 9 | 3 7 8 | 5 6 2 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 2 6 1 | 9 3 5 | 8 7 4 |
| 5 7 4 | 1 8 2 | 9 3 6 |
| 3 9 8 | 6 4 7 | 2 5 1 |
+-------+-------+-------+
19.
+-------+-------+-------+
| 4 6 9 | 1 5 3 | 2 8 7 |
| 5 1 8 | 7 2 4 | 9 3 6 |
| 7 2 3 | 9 6 8 | 5 4 1 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 9 3 6 | 8 4 5 | 1 7 2 |
| 2 5 1 | 6 3 7 | 8 9 4 |
| 8 7 4 | 2 9 1 | 6 5 3 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 3 9 5 | 4 1 6 | 7 2 8 |
| 1 8 2 | 3 7 9 | 4 6 5 |
| 6 4 7 | 5 8 2 | 3 1 9 |
+-------+-------+-------+
20.
+-------+-------+-------+
| 8 4 3 | 7 6 5 | 2 1 9 |
| 2 9 1 | 8 4 3 | 5 6 7 |
| 5 6 7 | 1 2 9 | 8 4 3 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 9 1 4 | 6 8 2 | 3 7 5 |
| 7 8 5 | 3 9 4 | 1 2 6 |
| 6 3 2 | 5 7 1 | 9 8 4 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 3 2 8 | 4 5 6 | 7 9 1 |
| 1 7 6 | 9 3 8 | 4 5 2 |
| 4 5 9 | 2 1 7 | 6 3 8 |
+-------+-------+-------+
21.
+-------+-------+-------+
| 8 5 7 | 3 1 6 | 2 4 9 |
| 6 4 9 | 5 2 7 | 1 3 8 |
| 2 1 3 | 9 8 4 | 6 7 5 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 1 9 5 | 4 6 8 | 3 2 7 |
| 3 2 4 | 7 5 1 | 8 9 6 |
| 7 8 6 | 2 3 9 | 5 1 4 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 9 3 2 | 6 4 5 | 7 8 1 |
| 5 7 1 | 8 9 3 | 4 6 2 |
| 4 6 8 | 1 7 2 | 9 5 3 |
+-------+-------+-------+
22.
+-------+-------+-------+
| 4 9 6 | 7 5 3 | 2 8 1 |
| 7 5 2 | 1 8 6 | 9 4 3 |
| 1 3 8 | 4 9 2 | 5 7 6 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 8 1 9 | 2 7 4 | 6 3 5 |
| 3 4 5 | 6 1 9 | 8 2 7 |
| 2 6 7 | 8 3 5 | 1 9 4 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 9 8 1 | 3 6 7 | 4 5 2 |
| 6 2 3 | 5 4 8 | 7 1 9 |
| 5 7 4 | 9 2 1 | 3 6 8 |
+-------+-------+-------+
23.
+-------+-------+-------+
| 6 7 3 | 8 9 4 | 1 2 5 |
| 4 9 1 | 3 2 5 | 7 6 8 |
| 5 8 2 | 1 7 6 | 3 9 4 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 3 2 7 | 5 8 1 | 9 4 6 |
| 9 5 6 | 4 3 2 | 8 7 1 |
| 8 1 4 | 7 6 9 | 5 3 2 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 7 4 9 | 2 5 8 | 6 1 3 |
| 2 6 5 | 9 1 3 | 4 8 7 |
| 1 3 8 | 6 4 7 | 2 5 9 |
+-------+-------+-------+
24.
+-------+-------+-------+
| 5 8 4 | 6 1 9 | 3 7 2 |
| 1 6 7 | 8 3 2 | 4 9 5 |
| 9 2 3 | 5 4 7 | 8 6 1 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 4 7 2 | 1 6 3 | 5 8 9 |
| 6 1 8 | 4 9 5 | 2 3 7 |
| 3 5 9 | 7 2 8 | 6 1 4 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 7 3 6 | 9 5 4 | 1 2 8 |
| 2 9 5 | 3 8 1 | 7 4 6 |
| 8 4 1 | 2 7 6 | 9 5 3 |
+-------+-------+-------+
25.
+-------+-------+-------+
| 7 3 6 | 2 1 8 | 9 4 5 |
| 9 5 1 | 3 7 4 | 8 2 6 |
| 2 8 4 | 9 5 6 | 1 3 7 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 8 2 3 | 1 4 7 | 5 6 9 |
| 5 4 7 | 6 9 2 | 3 8 1 |
| 1 6 9 | 8 3 5 | 4 7 2 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 6 7 5 | 4 8 9 | 2 1 3 |
| 3 9 8 | 7 2 1 | 6 5 4 |
| 4 1 2 | 5 6 3 | 7 9 8 |
+-------+-------+-------+
26.
+-------+-------+-------+
| 7 3 4 | 1 5 2 | 8 6 9 |
| 1 2 6 | 7 9 8 | 4 5 3 |
| 5 9 8 | 3 4 6 | 1 7 2 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 4 5 3 | 8 2 7 | 6 9 1 |
| 9 8 1 | 4 6 5 | 3 2 7 |
| 2 6 7 | 9 3 1 | 5 8 4 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 3 4 5 | 2 8 9 | 7 1 6 |
| 8 7 9 | 6 1 3 | 2 4 5 |
| 6 1 2 | 5 7 4 | 9 3 8 |
+-------+-------+-------+
27.
+-------+-------+-------+
| 2 6 3 | 1 4 8 | 5 7 9 |
| 8 5 9 | 2 3 7 | 1 4 6 |
| 7 1 4 | 5 9 6 | 8 2 3 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 4 9 5 | 8 1 3 | 7 6 2 |
| 3 8 2 | 6 7 9 | 4 1 5 |
| 6 7 1 | 4 2 5 | 3 9 8 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 9 2 8 | 7 5 1 | 6 3 4 |
| 5 4 7 | 3 6 2 | 9 8 1 |
| 1 3 6 | 9 8 4 | 2 5 7 |
+-------+-------+-------+
28.
+-------+-------+-------+
| 8 3 7 | 4 1 6 | 9 2 5 |
| 4 2 1 | 3 9 5 | 8 7 6 |
| 5 9 6 | 7 8 2 | 4 3 1 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 9 8 2 | 1 5 4 | 7 6 3 |
| 7 6 3 | 8 2 9 | 1 5 4 |
| 1 4 5 | 6 7 3 | 2 9 8 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 3 5 9 | 2 4 8 | 6 1 7 |
| 2 1 8 | 5 6 7 | 3 4 9 |
| 6 7 4 | 9 3 1 | 5 8 2 |
+-------+-------+-------+
29.
+-------+-------+-------+
| 7 6 9 | 5 1 2 | 8 3 4 |
| 4 5 2 | 8 9 3 | 6 1 7 |
| 1 3 8 | 7 4 6 | 9 2 5 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 9 2 4 | 1 8 7 | 3 5 6 |
| 8 1 6 | 3 5 4 | 7 9 2 |
| 3 7 5 | 6 2 9 | 4 8 1 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 6 8 7 | 2 3 5 | 1 4 9 |
| 5 9 1 | 4 7 8 | 2 6 3 |
| 2 4 3 | 9 6 1 | 5 7 8 |
+-------+-------+-------+
30.
+-------+-------+-------+
| 7 9 6 | 5 1 3 | 8 4 2 |
| 2 1 4 | 7 8 6 | 9 5 3 |
| 5 3 8 | 9 2 4 | 7 1 6 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 6 4 5 | 3 9 7 | 1 2 8 |
| 8 2 9 | 6 4 1 | 3 7 5 |
| 1 7 3 | 8 5 2 | 4 6 9 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 3 8 1 | 4 6 5 | 2 9 7 |
| 4 6 7 | 2 3 9 | 5 8 1 |
| 9 5 2 | 1 7 8 | 6 3 4 |
+-------+-------+-------+
31.
+-------+-------+-------+
| 6 2 9 | 3 4 5 | 1 8 7 |
| 7 5 1 | 8 9 6 | 3 2 4 |
| 3 8 4 | 1 2 7 | 6 5 9 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 1 9 7 | 4 5 2 | 8 3 6 |
| 5 6 8 | 9 7 3 | 4 1 2 |
| 4 3 2 | 6 8 1 | 9 7 5 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 8 7 6 | 5 3 4 | 2 9 1 |
| 2 4 3 | 7 1 9 | 5 6 8 |
| 9 1 5 | 2 6 8 | 7 4 3 |
+-------+-------+-------+
32.
+-------+-------+-------+
| 3 9 7 | 4 8 6 | 1 5 2 |
| 8 4 2 | 5 9 1 | 3 7 6 |
| 5 6 1 | 3 7 2 | 9 8 4 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 1 8 5 | 7 6 4 | 2 3 9 |
| 2 3 4 | 9 1 8 | 5 6 7 |
| 9 7 6 | 2 3 5 | 4 1 8 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 7 5 3 | 6 2 9 | 8 4 1 |
| 6 2 8 | 1 4 3 | 7 9 5 |
| 4 1 9 | 8 5 7 | 6 2 3 |
+-------+-------+-------+
33.
+-------+-------+-------+
| 3 9 2 | 7 1 6 | 5 4 8 |
| 7 6 5 | 8 2 4 | 9 3 1 |
| 4 8 1 | 5 3 9 | 2 6 7 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 6 2 3 | 4 9 1 | 8 7 5 |
| 1 7 4 | 2 8 5 | 3 9 6 |
| 8 5 9 | 6 7 3 | 4 1 2 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 5 1 8 | 3 4 7 | 6 2 9 |
| 9 4 6 | 1 5 2 | 7 8 3 |
| 2 3 7 | 9 6 8 | 1 5 4 |
+-------+-------+-------+
34.
+-------+-------+-------+
| 8 3 2 | 1 9 7 | 4 6 5 |
| 5 6 7 | 2 4 3 | 1 9 8 |
| 9 1 4 | 6 8 5 | 3 7 2 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 7 9 1 | 3 6 2 | 8 5 4 |
| 6 8 3 | 4 5 1 | 7 2 9 |
| 4 2 5 | 9 7 8 | 6 1 3 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 2 7 6 | 5 3 4 | 9 8 1 |
| 1 4 8 | 7 2 9 | 5 3 6 |
| 3 5 9 | 8 1 6 | 2 4 7 |
+-------+-------+-------+
35.
+-------+-------+-------+
| 4 7 1 | 5 6 2 | 9 8 3 |
| 5 8 2 | 9 3 1 | 7 6 4 |
| 3 9 6 | 8 7 4 | 5 1 2 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 7 4 9 | 6 8 5 | 2 3 1 |
| 6 3 5 | 1 2 7 | 8 4 9 |
| 1 2 8 | 3 4 9 | 6 7 5 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 9 5 7 | 4 1 6 | 3 2 8 |
| 8 6 4 | 2 9 3 | 1 5 7 |
| 2 1 3 | 7 5 8 | 4 9 6 |
+-------+-------+-------+
36.
+-------+-------+-------+
| 3 6 9 | 4 2 8 | 7 1 5 |
| 4 8 2 | 7 5 1 | 9 3 6 |
| 5 1 7 | 3 6 9 | 4 2 8 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 7 2 3 | 5 9 6 | 1 8 4 |
| 8 4 6 | 2 1 7 | 5 9 3 |
| 9 5 1 | 8 4 3 | 6 7 2 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 6 3 8 | 1 7 4 | 2 5 9 |
| 1 9 5 | 6 3 2 | 8 4 7 |
| 2 7 4 | 9 8 5 | 3 6 1 |
+-------+-------+-------+
37.
+-------+-------+-------+
| 4 5 7 | 9 6 1 | 8 2 3 |
| 6 1 9 | 2 3 8 | 5 4 7 |
| 2 3 8 | 4 5 7 | 9 6 1 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 5 7 2 | 8 1 4 | 3 9 6 |
| 1 9 3 | 6 7 5 | 2 8 4 |
| 8 6 4 | 3 2 9 | 1 7 5 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 9 2 5 | 7 4 3 | 6 1 8 |
| 7 8 1 | 5 9 6 | 4 3 2 |
| 3 4 6 | 1 8 2 | 7 5 9 |
+-------+-------+-------+
38.
+-------+-------+-------+
| 8 9 4 | 2 6 1 | 5 3 7 |
| 5 3 2 | 8 7 4 | 6 9 1 |
| 6 7 1 | 5 3 9 | 8 4 2 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 4 2 7 | 3 5 6 | 9 1 8 |
| 9 5 8 | 4 1 2 | 3 7 6 |
| 3 1 6 | 7 9 8 | 2 5 4 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 7 4 3 | 6 8 5 | 1 2 9 |
| 2 6 9 | 1 4 3 | 7 8 5 |
| 1 8 5 | 9 2 7 | 4 6 3 |
+-------+-------+-------+
39.
+-------+-------+-------+
| 8 5 3 | 6 7 9 | 2 1 4 |
| 2 6 4 | 1 8 3 | 5 7 9 |
| 9 1 7 | 2 4 5 | 6 3 8 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 1 2 6 | 5 3 4 | 8 9 7 |
| 7 3 5 | 8 9 1 | 4 6 2 |
| 4 8 9 | 7 6 2 | 1 5 3 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 5 9 2 | 3 1 8 | 7 4 6 |
| 6 4 1 | 9 2 7 | 3 8 5 |
| 3 7 8 | 4 5 6 | 9 2 1 |
+-------+-------+-------+
40.
+-------+-------+-------+
| 8 9 3 | 2 7 6 | 5 4 1 |
| 6 4 2 | 1 5 8 | 3 9 7 |
| 1 5 7 | 3 4 9 | 2 6 8 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 3 8 1 | 9 2 5 | 6 7 4 |
| 4 7 9 | 6 1 3 | 8 2 5 |
| 2 6 5 | 4 8 7 | 9 1 3 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 7 1 6 | 8 3 2 | 4 5 9 |
| 5 2 8 | 7 9 4 | 1 3 6 |
| 9 3 4 | 5 6 1 | 7 8 2 |
+-------+-------+-------+
******* INTERMEDIATE *******
1. (tutorial)
+-------+-------+-------+
| 1 | | |
| | | 1 |
| | 2 4 | |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 5 | 3 8 | |
| 9 | 1 7 | |
| | | |
+-------+-------+-------+
| | | |
| 1 | | |
| | | |
+-------+-------+-------+
2. (tutorial)
+-------+-------+-------+
| | 4 | |
| 3 7 | | |
| | | 4 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| | | |
| 5 | 4 | 8 |
| | | |
+-------+-------+-------+
| | 4 | |
| 4 | | |
| | | 9 |
+-------+-------+-------+
3. (tutorial)
+-------+-------+-------+
| | | |
| | | |
| | 7 | |
+-------+-------+-------+
| | | |
| 1 6 | 7 | |
| 3 5 | 8 | |
+-------+-------+-------+
| | 2 | |
| 7 | | |
| | 9 | |
+-------+-------+-------+
4. (tutorial)
+-------+-------+-------+
| 3 | | |
| | 1 5 | |
| | 9 7 | |
+-------+-------+-------+
| | 4 | 2 8 |
| 8 | 2 | 5 |
| | 7 | 3 4 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| | 9 | |
| | | 6 |
| | 1 | |
+-------+-------+-------+
5.
+-------+-------+-------+
| 5 8 4 | 6 3 7 | 1 2 9 |
| 3 7 6 | 1 2 9 | 8 4 5 |
| 2 1 9 | 5 4 8 | 7 6 3 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 6 4 3 | 9 1 2 | 5 7 8 |
| 7 5 1 | 3 8 4 | 6 9 2 |
| 8 9 2 | 7 6 5 | 4 3 1 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 9 2 5 | 4 7 1 | 3 8 6 |
| 4 6 8 | 2 5 3 | 9 1 7 |
| 1 3 7 | 8 9 6 | 2 5 4 |
+-------+-------+-------+
6.
+-------+-------+-------+
| 9 8 3 | 7 2 4 | 5 6 1 |
| 2 4 7 | 1 6 5 | 8 3 9 |
| 1 5 6 | 3 9 8 | 2 7 4 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 4 6 2 | 5 1 3 | 9 8 7 |
| 5 7 1 | 9 8 6 | 4 2 3 |
| 8 3 9 | 4 7 2 | 6 1 5 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 6 1 4 | 2 3 9 | 7 5 8 |
| 3 9 8 | 6 5 7 | 1 4 2 |
| 7 2 5 | 8 4 1 | 3 9 6 |
+-------+-------+-------+
7.
+-------+-------+-------+
| 1 8 5 | 4 2 6 | 3 7 9 |
| 2 6 7 | 8 3 9 | 5 1 4 |
| 9 3 4 | 7 1 5 | 6 8 2 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 4 5 1 | 3 9 8 | 7 2 6 |
| 8 9 3 | 2 6 7 | 4 5 1 |
| 6 7 2 | 1 5 4 | 8 9 3 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 3 2 6 | 5 8 1 | 9 4 7 |
| 7 1 8 | 9 4 3 | 2 6 5 |
| 5 4 9 | 6 7 2 | 1 3 8 |
+-------+-------+-------+
8.
+-------+-------+-------+
| 1 9 2 | 5 6 3 | 4 8 7 |
| 8 5 3 | 7 2 4 | 1 9 6 |
| 7 4 6 | 1 8 9 | 5 3 2 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 5 6 7 | 9 3 1 | 2 4 8 |
| 4 3 1 | 2 7 8 | 6 5 9 |
| 2 8 9 | 6 4 5 | 7 1 3 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 9 2 4 | 8 1 6 | 3 7 5 |
| 6 1 8 | 3 5 7 | 9 2 4 |
| 3 7 5 | 4 9 2 | 8 6 1 |
+-------+-------+-------+
9.
+-------+-------+-------+
| 9 7 4 | 6 2 8 | 1 3 5 |
| 8 6 3 | 4 1 5 | 7 2 9 |
| 2 1 5 | 7 9 3 | 4 6 8 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 7 5 6 | 3 8 2 | 9 4 1 |
| 3 8 1 | 9 4 7 | 6 5 2 |
| 4 9 2 | 5 6 1 | 3 8 7 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 5 3 9 | 2 7 6 | 8 1 4 |
| 1 2 7 | 8 3 4 | 5 9 6 |
| 6 4 8 | 1 5 9 | 2 7 3 |
+-------+-------+-------+
10.
+-------+-------+-------+
| 3 8 7 | 5 9 4 | 2 6 1 |
| 9 1 4 | 8 2 6 | 5 3 7 |
| 5 2 6 | 3 7 1 | 4 9 8 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 6 3 9 | 7 1 5 | 8 4 2 |
| 1 4 8 | 2 6 9 | 7 5 3 |
| 7 5 2 | 4 8 3 | 6 1 9 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 2 6 3 | 9 5 8 | 1 7 4 |
| 4 7 1 | 6 3 2 | 9 8 5 |
| 8 9 5 | 1 4 7 | 3 2 6 |
+-------+-------+-------+
11.
+-------+-------+-------+
| 9 3 5 | 1 2 4 | 7 6 8 |
| 7 8 4 | 5 3 6 | 2 1 9 |
| 2 1 6 | 8 9 7 | 5 4 3 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 8 5 9 | 7 6 2 | 1 3 4 |
| 3 6 7 | 4 1 5 | 9 8 2 |
| 4 2 1 | 3 8 9 | 6 7 5 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 5 4 2 | 6 7 3 | 8 9 1 |
| 1 7 3 | 9 5 8 | 4 2 6 |
| 6 9 8 | 2 4 1 | 3 5 7 |
+-------+-------+-------+
12.
+-------+-------+-------+
| 8 5 2 | 6 9 3 | 7 4 1 |
| 6 4 3 | 1 2 7 | 5 9 8 |
| 9 7 1 | 4 5 8 | 2 6 3 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 1 9 6 | 8 3 5 | 4 2 7 |
| 4 3 5 | 2 7 1 | 9 8 6 |
| 2 8 7 | 9 6 4 | 3 1 5 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 3 1 4 | 5 8 9 | 6 7 2 |
| 5 6 8 | 7 4 2 | 1 3 9 |
| 7 2 9 | 3 1 6 | 8 5 4 |
+-------+-------+-------+
13.
+-------+-------+-------+
| 9 3 8 | 5 1 2 | 7 4 6 |
| 7 1 4 | 9 6 3 | 8 5 2 |
| 2 5 6 | 4 8 7 | 3 9 1 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 8 9 5 | 6 3 1 | 4 2 7 |
| 4 2 7 | 8 5 9 | 1 6 3 |
| 3 6 1 | 7 2 4 | 5 8 9 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 5 7 2 | 1 9 8 | 6 3 4 |
| 1 8 9 | 3 4 6 | 2 7 5 |
| 6 4 3 | 2 7 5 | 9 1 8 |
+-------+-------+-------+
14.
+-------+-------+-------+
| 9 8 1 | 5 2 3 | 4 6 7 |
| 3 5 4 | 7 1 6 | 8 9 2 |
| 7 2 6 | 8 4 9 | 3 1 5 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 4 7 9 | 6 3 5 | 2 8 1 |
| 1 6 8 | 4 9 2 | 7 5 3 |
| 2 3 5 | 1 8 7 | 6 4 9 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 5 1 7 | 3 6 8 | 9 2 4 |
| 6 4 2 | 9 7 1 | 5 3 8 |
| 8 9 3 | 2 5 4 | 1 7 6 |
+-------+-------+-------+
15.
+-------+-------+-------+
| 6 1 9 | 5 7 2 | 4 3 8 |
| 5 7 4 | 3 9 8 | 2 6 1 |
| 3 2 8 | 4 1 6 | 7 9 5 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 7 8 3 | 9 2 4 | 1 5 6 |
| 9 6 2 | 1 5 3 | 8 4 7 |
| 1 4 5 | 6 8 7 | 3 2 9 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 8 9 7 | 2 4 5 | 6 1 3 |
| 4 5 6 | 8 3 1 | 9 7 2 |
| 2 3 1 | 7 6 9 | 5 8 4 |
+-------+-------+-------+
16.
+-------+-------+-------+
| 4 3 9 | 2 7 1 | 6 8 5 |
| 7 6 2 | 3 5 8 | 1 4 9 |
| 5 1 8 | 9 4 6 | 2 3 7 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 1 2 6 | 8 3 5 | 9 7 4 |
| 8 4 5 | 7 2 9 | 3 1 6 |
| 3 9 7 | 6 1 4 | 5 2 8 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 6 5 1 | 4 8 2 | 7 9 3 |
| 9 8 3 | 1 6 7 | 4 5 2 |
| 2 7 4 | 5 9 3 | 8 6 1 |
+-------+-------+-------+
17.
+-------+-------+-------+
| 5 7 2 | 1 9 6 | 3 4 8 |
| 9 4 3 | 2 8 7 | 5 6 1 |
| 8 1 6 | 4 3 5 | 9 2 7 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 2 6 7 | 8 5 3 | 1 9 4 |
| 4 9 5 | 7 6 1 | 2 8 3 |
| 1 3 8 | 9 4 2 | 7 5 6 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 3 8 4 | 5 7 9 | 6 1 2 |
| 7 2 9 | 6 1 8 | 4 3 5 |
| 6 5 1 | 3 2 4 | 8 7 9 |
+-------+-------+-------+
18.
+-------+-------+-------+
| 6 1 8 | 5 2 7 | 3 4 9 |
| 9 2 4 | 3 1 8 | 7 6 5 |
| 5 3 7 | 4 6 9 | 2 8 1 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 2 4 5 | 6 3 1 | 9 7 8 |
| 8 9 3 | 2 7 4 | 1 5 6 |
| 7 6 1 | 9 8 5 | 4 3 2 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 1 7 9 | 8 5 3 | 6 2 4 |
| 4 5 6 | 7 9 2 | 8 1 3 |
| 3 8 2 | 1 4 6 | 5 9 7 |
+-------+-------+-------+
19.
+-------+-------+-------+
| 8 9 5 | 7 6 3 | 4 2 1 |
| 4 6 3 | 1 2 5 | 8 7 9 |
| 2 1 7 | 4 9 8 | 5 6 3 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 7 5 9 | 2 4 6 | 3 1 8 |
| 6 2 4 | 3 8 1 | 9 5 7 |
| 3 8 1 | 9 5 7 | 2 4 6 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 1 7 8 | 5 3 2 | 6 9 4 |
| 9 3 2 | 6 1 4 | 7 8 5 |
| 5 4 6 | 8 7 9 | 1 3 2 |
+-------+-------+-------+
20.
+-------+-------+-------+
| 3 4 9 | 6 7 8 | 5 2 1 |
| 5 8 2 | 3 1 4 | 7 6 9 |
| 1 6 7 | 9 5 2 | 3 8 4 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 7 1 3 | 8 4 5 | 2 9 6 |
| 2 5 4 | 1 6 9 | 8 7 3 |
| 6 9 8 | 2 3 7 | 1 4 5 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 4 2 1 | 7 9 3 | 6 5 8 |
| 8 3 5 | 4 2 6 | 9 1 7 |
| 9 7 6 | 5 8 1 | 4 3 2 |
+-------+-------+-------+
21.
+-------+-------+-------+
| 8 5 9 | 7 6 2 | 1 4 3 |
| 3 1 4 | 8 9 5 | 7 2 6 |
| 7 6 2 | 4 1 3 | 9 8 5 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 1 8 6 | 5 2 7 | 4 3 9 |
| 2 4 5 | 9 3 8 | 6 7 1 |
| 9 7 3 | 6 4 1 | 2 5 8 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 6 9 8 | 2 5 4 | 3 1 7 |
| 5 2 1 | 3 7 9 | 8 6 4 |
| 4 3 7 | 1 8 6 | 5 9 2 |
+-------+-------+-------+
22.
+-------+-------+-------+
| 7 9 2 | 8 3 6 | 5 1 4 |
| 6 3 1 | 7 5 4 | 9 8 2 |
| 8 5 4 | 1 2 9 | 3 7 6 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 4 2 3 | 5 1 7 | 8 6 9 |
| 5 7 9 | 6 8 2 | 1 4 3 |
| 1 8 6 | 4 9 3 | 2 5 7 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 9 6 5 | 3 7 8 | 4 2 1 |
| 2 4 8 | 9 6 1 | 7 3 5 |
| 3 1 7 | 2 4 5 | 6 9 8 |
+-------+-------+-------+
23.
+-------+-------+-------+
| 9 1 6 | 8 4 7 | 2 5 3 |
| 2 7 4 | 1 3 5 | 6 9 8 |
| 5 3 8 | 9 6 2 | 1 7 4 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 8 4 7 | 6 1 9 | 3 2 5 |
| 6 2 5 | 4 7 3 | 9 8 1 |
| 3 9 1 | 5 2 8 | 7 4 6 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 1 6 2 | 7 5 4 | 8 3 9 |
| 7 5 9 | 3 8 1 | 4 6 2 |
| 4 8 3 | 2 9 6 | 5 1 7 |
+-------+-------+-------+
24.
+-------+-------+-------+
| 1 5 4 | 2 6 9 | 3 7 8 |
| 2 9 7 | 3 8 5 | 6 4 1 |
| 8 3 6 | 7 4 1 | 5 9 2 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 9 4 2 | 1 3 8 | 7 5 6 |
| 7 6 5 | 4 9 2 | 1 8 3 |
| 3 8 1 | 6 5 7 | 4 2 9 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 4 2 9 | 5 1 6 | 8 3 7 |
| 5 1 8 | 9 7 3 | 2 6 4 |
| 6 7 3 | 8 2 4 | 9 1 5 |
+-------+-------+-------+
25.
+-------+-------+-------+
| 8 3 5 | 1 4 7 | 2 9 6 |
| 1 4 9 | 8 2 6 | 3 7 5 |
| 6 2 7 | 5 3 9 | 4 8 1 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 7 8 4 | 3 5 2 | 6 1 9 |
| 2 1 3 | 6 9 8 | 7 5 4 |
| 9 5 6 | 4 7 1 | 8 3 2 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 4 6 1 | 9 8 3 | 5 2 7 |
| 5 7 8 | 2 1 4 | 9 6 3 |
| 3 9 2 | 7 6 5 | 1 4 8 |
+-------+-------+-------+
26.
+-------+-------+-------+
| 4 5 7 | 3 8 9 | 1 2 6 |
| 2 8 3 | 1 5 6 | 7 9 4 |
| 1 6 9 | 7 2 4 | 3 5 8 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 5 3 1 | 8 4 2 | 6 7 9 |
| 9 2 4 | 6 7 5 | 8 3 1 |
| 8 7 6 | 9 1 3 | 2 4 5 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 7 1 5 | 2 9 8 | 4 6 3 |
| 3 9 2 | 4 6 1 | 5 8 7 |
| 6 4 8 | 5 3 7 | 9 1 2 |
+-------+-------+-------+
27.
+-------+-------+-------+
| 7 5 1 | 3 4 6 | 9 8 2 |
| 8 2 9 | 1 7 5 | 6 3 4 |
| 4 3 6 | 9 8 2 | 7 1 5 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 3 8 5 | 6 9 4 | 1 2 7 |
| 6 1 4 | 2 3 7 | 8 5 9 |
| 9 7 2 | 5 1 8 | 3 4 6 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 1 6 8 | 4 5 9 | 2 7 3 |
| 5 9 7 | 8 2 3 | 4 6 1 |
| 2 4 3 | 7 6 1 | 5 9 8 |
+-------+-------+-------+
28.
+-------+-------+-------+
| 1 6 2 | 3 4 7 | 9 5 8 |
| 5 3 4 | 9 8 1 | 2 7 6 |
| 7 9 8 | 5 6 2 | 3 4 1 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 6 1 3 | 2 9 5 | 7 8 4 |
| 9 4 7 | 8 1 6 | 5 2 3 |
| 2 8 5 | 7 3 4 | 1 6 9 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 4 2 9 | 1 7 8 | 6 3 5 |
| 8 5 1 | 6 2 3 | 4 9 7 |
| 3 7 6 | 4 5 9 | 8 1 2 |
+-------+-------+-------+
29.
+-------+-------+-------+
| 8 5 7 | 6 9 1 | 2 3 4 |
| 3 9 4 | 8 2 5 | 6 7 1 |
| 6 2 1 | 7 4 3 | 5 9 8 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 5 1 6 | 9 8 7 | 3 4 2 |
| 4 7 8 | 3 6 2 | 9 1 5 |
| 9 3 2 | 1 5 4 | 7 8 6 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 1 6 9 | 5 3 8 | 4 2 7 |
| 2 8 5 | 4 7 9 | 1 6 3 |
| 7 4 3 | 2 1 6 | 8 5 9 |
+-------+-------+-------+
30.
+-------+-------+-------+
| 2 4 8 | 7 3 1 | 6 9 5 |
| 1 5 9 | 6 8 2 | 4 7 3 |
| 3 7 6 | 4 5 9 | 1 2 8 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 9 1 2 | 3 6 5 | 8 4 7 |
| 5 6 4 | 2 7 8 | 3 1 9 |
| 8 3 7 | 1 9 4 | 2 5 6 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 6 2 5 | 8 1 7 | 9 3 4 |
| 4 9 3 | 5 2 6 | 7 8 1 |
| 7 8 1 | 9 4 3 | 5 6 2 |
+-------+-------+-------+
31.
+-------+-------+-------+
| 3 8 2 | 9 5 4 | 7 6 1 |
| 1 4 9 | 7 6 8 | 3 2 5 |
| 7 5 6 | 3 1 2 | 4 9 8 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 5 9 7 | 8 2 1 | 6 4 3 |
| 2 6 4 | 5 7 3 | 8 1 9 |
| 8 1 3 | 4 9 6 | 2 5 7 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 4 3 1 | 6 8 5 | 9 7 2 |
| 6 7 5 | 2 3 9 | 1 8 4 |
| 9 2 8 | 1 4 7 | 5 3 6 |
+-------+-------+-------+
32.
+-------+-------+-------+
| 1 6 2 | 5 3 4 | 7 8 9 |
| 3 8 4 | 7 9 1 | 2 5 6 |
| 7 9 5 | 8 2 6 | 4 1 3 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 9 1 8 | 3 6 2 | 5 7 4 |
| 4 5 3 | 1 7 8 | 6 9 2 |
| 2 7 6 | 9 4 5 | 1 3 8 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 6 3 9 | 2 1 7 | 8 4 5 |
| 8 2 1 | 4 5 3 | 9 6 7 |
| 5 4 7 | 6 8 9 | 3 2 1 |
+-------+-------+-------+
33.
+-------+-------+-------+
| 7 2 5 | 8 3 1 | 6 9 4 |
| 1 8 6 | 9 2 4 | 5 7 3 |
| 9 4 3 | 6 5 7 | 2 8 1 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 4 1 9 | 5 7 8 | 3 6 2 |
| 5 3 7 | 4 6 2 | 8 1 9 |
| 8 6 2 | 1 9 3 | 4 5 7 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 3 5 4 | 7 8 9 | 1 2 6 |
| 6 7 1 | 2 4 5 | 9 3 8 |
| 2 9 8 | 3 1 6 | 7 4 5 |
+-------+-------+-------+
34.
+-------+-------+-------+
| 2 8 9 | 4 5 6 | 1 3 7 |
| 6 1 4 | 8 3 7 | 5 9 2 |
| 3 7 5 | 1 9 2 | 8 4 6 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 4 6 1 | 2 7 5 | 3 8 9 |
| 9 5 2 | 3 4 8 | 7 6 1 |
| 7 3 8 | 6 1 9 | 4 2 5 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 1 9 3 | 7 2 4 | 6 5 8 |
| 8 2 7 | 5 6 3 | 9 1 4 |
| 5 4 6 | 9 8 1 | 2 7 3 |
+-------+-------+-------+
35.
+-------+-------+-------+
| 8 6 7 | 5 1 4 | 3 9 2 |
| 4 1 5 | 2 3 9 | 8 7 6 |
| 2 9 3 | 7 8 6 | 1 5 4 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 5 2 8 | 3 6 7 | 4 1 9 |
| 1 3 4 | 8 9 5 | 2 6 7 |
| 6 7 9 | 4 2 1 | 5 8 3 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 7 8 1 | 6 4 2 | 9 3 5 |
| 3 4 6 | 9 5 8 | 7 2 1 |
| 9 5 2 | 1 7 3 | 6 4 8 |
+-------+-------+-------+
36.
+-------+-------+-------+
| 2 5 8 | 7 6 4 | 3 9 1 |
| 4 6 1 | 3 9 5 | 2 8 7 |
| 3 7 9 | 8 2 1 | 6 4 5 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 5 3 6 | 1 8 7 | 9 2 4 |
| 7 8 2 | 9 4 3 | 5 1 6 |
| 1 9 4 | 6 5 2 | 7 3 8 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 6 2 5 | 4 3 8 | 1 7 9 |
| 9 4 7 | 2 1 6 | 8 5 3 |
| 8 1 3 | 5 7 9 | 4 6 2 |
+-------+-------+-------+
37.
+-------+-------+-------+
| 1 2 7 | 4 9 5 | 8 3 6 |
| 6 9 3 | 8 1 2 | 7 4 5 |
| 4 5 8 | 3 7 6 | 9 2 1 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 2 3 9 | 6 8 1 | 4 5 7 |
| 8 4 1 | 5 3 7 | 6 9 2 |
| 5 7 6 | 2 4 9 | 1 8 3 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 9 6 4 | 7 5 3 | 2 1 8 |
| 7 8 5 | 1 2 4 | 3 6 9 |
| 3 1 2 | 9 6 8 | 5 7 4 |
+-------+-------+-------+
38.
+-------+-------+-------+
| 4 2 8 | 7 5 1 | 6 9 3 |
| 5 6 9 | 4 3 2 | 8 7 1 |
| 1 7 3 | 8 6 9 | 4 2 5 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 2 5 7 | 9 1 4 | 3 6 8 |
| 6 8 1 | 3 2 7 | 5 4 9 |
| 9 3 4 | 5 8 6 | 2 1 7 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 8 9 6 | 1 4 3 | 7 5 2 |
| 7 4 5 | 2 9 8 | 1 3 6 |
| 3 1 2 | 6 7 5 | 9 8 4 |
+-------+-------+-------+
39.
+-------+-------+-------+
| 8 9 6 | 5 7 2 | 1 3 4 |
| 2 1 5 | 3 9 4 | 7 8 6 |
| 3 4 7 | 6 1 8 | 2 5 9 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 9 7 1 | 4 2 5 | 8 6 3 |
| 5 6 2 | 8 3 9 | 4 7 1 |
| 4 3 8 | 7 6 1 | 5 9 2 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 6 2 3 | 1 8 7 | 9 4 5 |
| 1 8 4 | 9 5 6 | 3 2 7 |
| 7 5 9 | 2 4 3 | 6 1 8 |
+-------+-------+-------+
40.
+-------+-------+-------+
| 8 9 2 | 6 4 1 | 5 3 7 |
| 1 7 5 | 8 3 2 | 4 9 6 |
| 6 4 3 | 5 7 9 | 1 8 2 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 2 5 7 | 9 6 8 | 3 4 1 |
| 4 6 1 | 3 2 5 | 8 7 9 |
| 9 3 8 | 4 1 7 | 6 2 5 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 5 2 4 | 7 8 6 | 9 1 3 |
| 3 1 9 | 2 5 4 | 7 6 8 |
| 7 8 6 | 1 9 3 | 2 5 4 |
+-------+-------+-------+
******* ADVANCED *******
1. (tutorial)
+-------+-------+-------+
| | | |
| | 4 | |
| | | |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 1 | 5 | 2 |
| 2 | 4 | 1 |
| | 3 | |
+-------+-------+-------+
| | | |
| | 4 | |
| | | |
+-------+-------+-------+
2. (tutorial)
+-------+-------+-------+
| | 6 | |
| | | |
| | | |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 5 | 9 | |
| | 8 5 | |
| 6 | | 5 7 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| | | |
| | 7 | |
| | | |
+-------+-------+-------+
3. (tutorial)
+-------+-------+-------+
| | | |
| | 7 | |
| | | |
+-------+-------+-------+
| | 1 2 | 3 4 |
| 5 | 7 | |
| 6 | 8 | |
+-------+-------+-------+
| | | |
| | | |
| | 7 | |
+-------+-------+-------+
4. (tutorial)
+-------+-------+-------+
| | | |
| | 2 | |
| | | |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 1 7 9 | | |
| 5 | 1 8 | 3 |
| 2 | 7 | |
+-------+-------+-------+
| | | |
| | 9 | |
| | | |
+-------+-------+-------+
5.
+-------+-------+-------+
| 6 2 7 | 4 5 3 | 1 9 8 |
| 5 8 3 | 9 7 1 | 2 4 6 |
| 9 1 4 | 8 2 6 | 7 3 5 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 8 7 9 | 1 3 5 | 4 6 2 |
| 2 3 6 | 7 4 8 | 9 5 1 |
| 4 5 1 | 6 9 2 | 3 8 7 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 3 9 8 | 5 1 7 | 6 2 4 |
| 1 6 2 | 3 8 4 | 5 7 9 |
| 7 4 5 | 2 6 9 | 8 1 3 |
+-------+-------+-------+
6.
+-------+-------+-------+
| 7 1 9 | 3 5 2 | 4 8 6 |
| 8 5 6 | 1 9 4 | 3 7 2 |
| 3 4 2 | 7 8 6 | 9 5 1 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 6 9 7 | 5 1 3 | 2 4 8 |
| 1 2 8 | 6 4 7 | 5 3 9 |
| 5 3 4 | 9 2 8 | 1 6 7 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 2 6 3 | 4 7 1 | 8 9 5 |
| 4 8 5 | 2 6 9 | 7 1 3 |
| 9 7 1 | 8 3 5 | 6 2 4 |
+-------+-------+-------+
7.
+-------+-------+-------+
| 9 5 7 | 2 8 6 | 4 1 3 |
| 2 4 6 | 1 5 3 | 7 9 8 |
| 8 3 1 | 7 4 9 | 2 5 6 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 4 6 5 | 8 9 7 | 1 3 2 |
| 1 8 3 | 5 6 2 | 9 4 7 |
| 7 9 2 | 4 3 1 | 6 8 5 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 6 1 8 | 9 7 5 | 3 2 4 |
| 3 2 4 | 6 1 8 | 5 7 9 |
| 5 7 9 | 3 2 4 | 8 6 1 |
+-------+-------+-------+
8.
+-------+-------+-------+
| 8 9 7 | 6 5 4 | 1 2 3 |
| 3 4 6 | 9 1 2 | 5 8 7 |
| 5 1 2 | 3 7 8 | 4 9 6 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 6 3 4 | 8 2 5 | 7 1 9 |
| 9 2 8 | 7 6 1 | 3 4 5 |
| 7 5 1 | 4 9 3 | 2 6 8 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 2 7 5 | 1 8 9 | 6 3 4 |
| 4 6 9 | 2 3 7 | 8 5 1 |
| 1 8 3 | 5 4 6 | 9 7 2 |
+-------+-------+-------+
9.
+-------+-------+-------+
| 8 9 6 | 2 7 4 | 5 3 1 |
| 5 2 4 | 3 1 9 | 7 6 8 |
| 3 7 1 | 6 5 8 | 4 2 9 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 9 6 7 | 8 2 5 | 3 1 4 |
| 4 8 3 | 1 9 7 | 2 5 6 |
| 2 1 5 | 4 3 6 | 9 8 7 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 1 5 9 | 7 8 3 | 6 4 2 |
| 6 3 2 | 9 4 1 | 8 7 5 |
| 6 3 2 | 5 6 2 | 1 9 3 |
+-------+-------+-------+
10.
+-------+-------+-------+
| 1 7 2 | 6 8 9 | 5 4 3 |
| 6 5 4 | 2 7 3 | 1 9 8 |
| 9 8 3 | 5 1 4 | 7 6 2 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 8 2 1 | 3 4 7 | 6 5 9 |
| 7 6 9 | 8 5 1 | 3 2 4 |
| 4 3 5 | 9 6 2 | 8 1 7 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 3 9 6 | 7 2 5 | 4 8 1 |
| 5 1 7 | 4 9 8 | 2 3 6 |
| 2 4 8 | 1 3 6 | 9 7 5 |
+-------+-------+-------+
11.
+-------+-------+-------+
| 5 2 7 | 8 4 6 | 3 9 1 |
| 9 8 1 | 2 3 7 | 5 4 6 |
| 3 6 4 | 5 1 9 | 8 2 7 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 2 7 6 | 9 8 4 | 1 3 5 |
| 4 3 8 | 6 5 1 | 2 7 9 |
| 1 9 5 | 7 2 3 | 4 6 8 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 7 1 2 | 4 9 5 | 6 8 3 |
| 6 4 3 | 1 7 8 | 9 5 2 |
| 8 5 9 | 3 6 2 | 7 1 4 |
+-------+-------+-------+
12.
+-------+-------+-------+
| 7 2 4 | 3 9 1 | 6 8 5 |
| 1 5 3 | 8 7 6 | 4 2 9 |
| 9 8 6 | 4 5 2 | 7 1 3 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 4 9 5 | 1 3 7 | 2 6 8 |
| 2 1 8 | 9 6 4 | 3 5 7 |
| 6 3 7 | 5 2 8 | 9 4 1 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 8 6 2 | 7 1 9 | 5 3 4 |
| 5 7 1 | 2 4 3 | 8 9 6 |
| 3 4 9 | 6 8 5 | 1 7 2 |
+-------+-------+-------+
13.
+-------+-------+-------+
| 6 5 2 | 7 9 4 | 8 1 3 |
| 4 7 8 | 3 2 1 | 9 6 5 |
| 1 9 3 | 8 6 5 | 4 2 7 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 7 4 9 | 2 8 6 | 3 5 1 |
| 8 3 1 | 5 7 9 | 2 4 6 |
| 5 2 6 | 4 1 3 | 7 9 8 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 2 1 4 | 6 3 7 | 5 8 9 |
| 3 6 5 | 9 4 8 | 1 7 2 |
| 9 8 7 | 1 5 2 | 6 3 4 |
+-------+-------+-------+
14.
+-------+-------+-------+
| 5 3 8 | 1 4 6 | 9 7 2 |
| 6 4 2 | 7 9 8 | 1 5 3 |
| 7 9 1 | 2 3 5 | 6 8 4 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 9 2 3 | 4 5 7 | 8 6 1 |
| 8 1 6 | 3 2 9 | 5 4 7 |
| 4 7 5 | 6 8 1 | 2 3 9 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 2 6 7 | 8 1 3 | 4 9 5 |
| 1 8 9 | 5 7 4 | 3 2 6 |
| 3 5 4 | 9 6 2 | 7 1 8 |
+-------+-------+-------+
15.
+-------+-------+-------+
| 5 9 6 | 2 3 8 | 7 4 1 |
| 8 1 3 | 6 4 7 | 2 9 5 |
| 7 2 4 | 1 9 5 | 3 8 6 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 3 8 5 | 9 2 6 | 1 7 4 |
| 1 6 9 | 7 5 4 | 8 3 2 |
| 2 4 7 | 3 8 1 | 6 5 9 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 4 5 2 | 8 1 3 | 9 6 7 |
| 6 3 1 | 4 7 9 | 5 2 8 |
| 9 7 8 | 5 6 2 | 4 1 3 |
+-------+-------+-------+
16.
+-------+-------+-------+
| 1 7 6 | 5 9 8 | 2 3 4 |
| 2 3 4 | 6 7 1 | 9 8 5 |
| 5 9 8 | 4 3 2 | 6 1 7 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 7 4 5 | 3 2 6 | 8 9 1 |
| 9 1 3 | 7 8 4 | 5 2 6 |
| 8 6 2 | 9 1 5 | 7 4 3 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 4 8 7 | 1 5 9 | 3 6 2 |
| 3 2 1 | 8 6 7 | 4 5 9 |
| 6 5 9 | 2 4 3 | 1 7 8 |
+-------+-------+-------+
17.
+-------+-------+-------+
| 7 8 5 | 6 9 2 | 4 3 1 |
| 6 4 3 | 8 1 7 | 9 2 5 |
| 9 2 1 | 5 3 4 | 8 6 7 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 5 9 8 | 1 6 3 | 2 7 4 |
| 2 3 7 | 4 5 8 | 1 9 6 |
| 4 1 6 | 7 2 9 | 5 8 3 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 8 5 9 | 3 4 6 | 7 1 2 |
| 3 7 4 | 2 8 1 | 6 5 9 |
| 1 6 2 | 9 7 5 | 3 4 8 |
+-------+-------+-------+
18.
+-------+-------+-------+
| 5 7 8 | 9 1 4 | 6 2 3 |
| 3 9 6 | 7 2 8 | 1 5 4 |
| 1 4 2 | 5 6 3 | 8 7 9 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 4 2 7 | 8 9 5 | 3 1 6 |
| 9 1 3 | 6 7 2 | 4 8 5 |
| 8 6 5 | 4 3 1 | 2 9 7 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 2 3 4 | 1 5 7 | 9 6 8 |
| 7 8 9 | 2 4 6 | 5 3 1 |
| 6 5 1 | 3 8 9 | 7 4 2 |
+-------+-------+-------+
19.
+-------+-------+-------+
| 9 5 8 | 6 3 1 | 7 2 4 |
| 6 7 1 | 2 4 8 | 9 5 3 |
| 2 3 4 | 5 9 7 | 6 8 1 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 5 6 7 | 8 1 4 | 3 9 2 |
| 8 9 3 | 7 6 2 | 4 1 5 |
| 4 1 2 | 3 5 9 | 8 7 6 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 3 2 9 | 1 8 6 | 5 4 7 |
| 1 8 5 | 4 7 3 | 2 6 9 |
| 7 4 6 | 9 2 5 | 1 3 8 |
+-------+-------+-------+
20.
+-------+-------+-------+
| 7 9 6 | 3 5 4 | 8 1 2 |
| 3 4 8 | 2 1 9 | 7 5 6 |
| 2 1 5 | 7 8 6 | 4 3 9 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 1 7 4 | 6 3 8 | 9 2 5 |
| 8 5 2 | 1 9 7 | 6 4 3 |
| 6 3 9 | 5 4 2 | 1 8 7 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 5 6 7 | 8 2 1 | 3 9 4 |
| 9 8 3 | 4 6 5 | 2 7 1 |
| 4 2 1 | 9 7 3 | 5 6 8 |
+-------+-------+-------+
21.
+-------+-------+-------+
| 4 6 8 | 2 9 3 | 1 5 7 |
| 1 2 9 | 7 5 4 | 6 8 3 |
| 7 5 3 | 8 6 1 | 4 9 2 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 8 7 1 | 5 4 9 | 2 3 6 |
| 3 4 5 | 6 7 2 | 8 1 9 |
| 2 9 6 | 3 1 8 | 7 4 5 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 9 8 7 | 1 2 5 | 3 6 4 |
| 5 3 2 | 4 8 6 | 9 7 1 |
| 6 1 4 | 9 3 7 | 5 2 8 |
+-------+-------+-------+
22.
+-------+-------+-------+
| 2 7 4 | 8 1 6 | 3 9 5 |
| 8 3 6 | 9 2 5 | 1 4 7 |
| 9 5 1 | 7 4 3 | 8 6 2 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 6 8 3 | 4 9 2 | 7 5 1 |
| 7 2 9 | 5 8 1 | 4 3 6 |
| 4 1 5 | 6 3 7 | 9 2 8 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 5 4 2 | 3 7 8 | 6 1 9 |
| 3 6 8 | 1 5 9 | 2 7 4 |
| 1 9 7 | 2 6 4 | 5 8 3 |
+-------+-------+-------+
23.
+-------+-------+-------+
| 9 2 5 | 3 8 6 | 4 1 7 |
| 8 4 6 | 1 7 9 | 5 3 2 |
| 1 7 3 | 4 2 5 | 8 9 6 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 5 1 8 | 7 6 4 | 9 2 3 |
| 6 3 2 | 5 9 8 | 1 7 4 |
| 4 9 7 | 2 3 1 | 6 8 5 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 2 8 1 | 6 5 7 | 3 4 9 |
| 7 6 9 | 8 4 3 | 2 5 1 |
| 3 5 4 | 9 1 2 | 7 6 8 |
+-------+-------+-------+
24.
+-------+-------+-------+
| 9 2 1 | 3 5 6 | 7 8 4 |
| 3 5 6 | 8 4 7 | 1 9 2 |
| 4 7 8 | 1 9 2 | 5 6 3 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 1 6 7 | 2 8 9 | 4 3 5 |
| 2 9 5 | 6 3 4 | 8 7 1 |
| 8 4 3 | 7 1 5 | 9 2 6 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 6 1 2 | 5 7 8 | 3 4 9 |
| 7 3 4 | 9 6 1 | 2 5 8 |
| 5 8 9 | 4 2 3 | 6 1 7 |
+-------+-------+-------+
25.
+-------+-------+-------+
| 2 5 8 | 1 3 7 | 6 9 4 |
| 4 7 9 | 2 6 8 | 1 5 3 |
| 3 6 1 | 4 9 5 | 8 2 7 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 8 9 2 | 5 1 4 | 3 7 6 |
| 7 1 4 | 3 2 6 | 5 8 9 |
| 5 3 6 | 7 8 9 | 2 4 1 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 1 4 7 | 6 5 2 | 9 3 8 |
| 9 2 3 | 8 4 1 | 7 6 5 |
| 6 8 5 | 9 7 3 | 4 1 2 |
+-------+-------+-------+
26.
+-------+-------+-------+
| 5 9 6 | 2 3 8 | 1 4 7 |
| 8 3 2 | 4 7 1 | 5 9 6 |
| 1 4 7 | 6 9 5 | 2 3 8 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 2 7 3 | 1 8 9 | 6 5 4 |
| 6 8 5 | 7 4 3 | 9 1 2 |
| 9 1 4 | 5 2 6 | 7 8 3 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 4 5 1 | 3 6 2 | 8 7 9 |
| 7 6 8 | 9 5 4 | 3 2 1 |
| 3 2 9 | 8 1 7 | 4 6 5 |
+-------+-------+-------+
27.
+-------+-------+-------+
| 6 1 7 | 2 8 5 | 3 4 9 |
| 3 9 4 | 6 7 1 | 8 5 2 |
| 8 5 2 | 9 4 3 | 1 7 6 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 5 3 9 | 1 2 7 | 4 6 8 |
| 1 4 8 | 3 9 6 | 5 2 7 |
| 7 2 6 | 8 5 4 | 9 1 3 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 9 6 3 | 5 1 2 | 7 8 4 |
| 4 8 5 | 7 6 9 | 2 3 1 |
| 2 7 1 | 4 3 8 | 6 9 5 |
+-------+-------+-------+
28.
+-------+-------+-------+
| 3 5 9 | 7 8 1 | 6 4 2 |
| 4 1 2 | 6 3 5 | 7 9 8 |
| 6 7 8 | 2 4 9 | 1 3 5 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 2 3 5 | 4 1 7 | 8 6 9 |
| 1 6 7 | 8 9 2 | 3 5 4 |
| 8 9 4 | 3 5 6 | 2 1 7 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 9 2 6 | 5 7 3 | 4 8 1 |
| 5 8 3 | 1 2 4 | 9 7 6 |
| 7 4 1 | 9 6 8 | 5 2 3 |
+-------+-------+-------+
29.
+-------+-------+-------+
| 1 6 7 | 3 4 5 | 9 8 2 |
| 5 2 8 | 9 6 1 | 3 4 7 |
| 4 9 3 | 7 2 8 | 5 1 6 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 6 4 1 | 5 8 3 | 7 2 9 |
| 8 3 5 | 2 9 7 | 4 6 1 |
| 9 7 2 | 6 1 4 | 8 5 3 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 3 8 4 | 1 7 2 | 6 9 5 |
| 2 5 6 | 8 3 9 | 1 7 4 |
| 7 1 9 | 4 5 6 | 2 3 8 |
+-------+-------+-------+
30.
+-------+-------+-------+
| 9 6 4 | 2 7 5 | 3 8 1 |
| 8 5 2 | 9 3 1 | 6 4 7 |
| 7 1 3 | 8 6 4 | 5 9 2 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 4 3 6 | 5 8 2 | 7 1 9 |
| 1 8 7 | 3 4 9 | 2 5 6 |
| 2 9 5 | 7 1 6 | 4 3 8 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 3 7 9 | 6 5 8 | 1 2 4 |
| 5 2 1 | 4 9 7 | 8 6 3 |
| 6 4 8 | 1 2 3 | 9 7 5 |
+-------+-------+-------+
31.
+-------+-------+-------+
| 7 1 4 | 2 8 6 | 9 5 3 |
| 8 9 2 | 4 5 3 | 1 6 7 |
| 5 6 3 | 1 7 9 | 4 2 8 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 4 8 6 | 5 3 7 | 2 1 9 |
| 9 7 5 | 6 1 2 | 8 3 4 |
| 3 2 1 | 9 4 8 | 6 7 5 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 2 5 8 | 3 9 1 | 7 4 6 |
| 1 3 9 | 7 6 4 | 5 8 2 |
| 6 4 7 | 8 2 5 | 3 9 1 |
+-------+-------+-------+
32.
+-------+-------+-------+
| 3 7 6 | 9 8 1 | 2 4 5 |
| 1 4 8 | 5 2 7 | 3 9 6 |
| 2 9 5 | 3 4 6 | 8 1 7 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 7 3 1 | 2 9 4 | 6 5 8 |
| 6 8 4 | 7 5 3 | 9 2 1 |
| 9 5 2 | 6 1 8 | 4 7 3 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 4 1 9 | 8 6 5 | 7 3 2 |
| 8 2 7 | 1 3 9 | 5 6 4 |
| 5 6 3 | 4 7 2 | 1 8 9 |
+-------+-------+-------+
33.
+-------+-------+-------+
| 5 4 7 | 2 9 6 | 3 8 1 |
| 6 3 9 | 5 1 8 | 7 4 2 |
| 8 2 1 | 3 4 7 | 5 9 6 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 1 5 6 | 8 3 4 | 2 7 9 |
| 2 7 3 | 1 5 9 | 4 6 8 |
| 9 8 4 | 6 7 2 | 1 5 3 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 7 9 2 | 4 6 3 | 8 1 5 |
| 3 6 5 | 7 8 1 | 9 2 4 |
| 4 1 8 | 9 2 5 | 6 3 7 |
+-------+-------+-------+
34.
+-------+-------+-------+
| 7 6 5 | 9 4 1 | 8 2 3 |
| 9 1 3 | 8 7 2 | 5 4 6 |
| 8 4 2 | 3 5 6 | 9 1 7 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 1 7 6 | 2 8 4 | 3 9 5 |
| 5 2 9 | 6 3 7 | 1 8 4 |
| 3 8 4 | 5 1 9 | 7 6 2 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 4 3 1 | 7 2 8 | 6 5 9 |
| 2 9 7 | 1 6 5 | 4 3 8 |
| 6 5 8 | 4 9 3 | 2 7 1 |
+-------+-------+-------+
35.
+-------+-------+-------+
| 3 7 1 | 8 4 5 | 9 2 6 |
| 5 8 6 | 3 2 9 | 4 7 1 |
| 2 4 9 | 1 7 6 | 8 3 5 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 1 3 4 | 6 9 8 | 7 5 2 |
| 8 9 2 | 5 1 7 | 6 4 3 |
| 6 5 7 | 2 3 4 | 1 9 8 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 9 2 8 | 4 5 1 | 3 6 7 |
| 4 6 3 | 7 8 2 | 5 1 9 |
| 7 1 5 | 9 6 3 | 2 8 4 |
+-------+-------+-------+
36.
+-------+-------+-------+
| 1 4 2 | 5 6 8 | 9 3 7 |
| 3 6 5 | 1 7 9 | 8 2 4 |
| 8 9 7 | 4 2 3 | 1 5 6 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 5 3 6 | 9 8 4 | 7 1 2 |
| 7 8 1 | 2 3 6 | 5 4 9 |
| 4 2 9 | 7 1 5 | 3 6 8 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 2 7 4 | 8 5 1 | 6 9 3 |
| 9 5 3 | 6 4 7 | 2 8 1 |
| 6 1 8 | 3 9 2 | 4 7 5 |
+-------+-------+-------+
37.
+-------+-------+-------+
| 3 9 7 | 2 1 6 | 4 8 5 |
| 8 4 2 | 9 7 5 | 3 1 6 |
| 5 6 1 | 8 3 4 | 2 9 7 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 1 3 4 | 7 6 9 | 5 2 8 |
| 9 8 6 | 3 5 2 | 7 4 1 |
| 7 2 5 | 1 4 8 | 6 3 9 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 6 1 3 | 4 8 7 | 9 5 2 |
| 4 5 9 | 6 2 1 | 8 7 3 |
| 2 7 8 | 5 9 3 | 1 6 4 |
+-------+-------+-------+
38.
+-------+-------+-------+
| 4 6 8 | 1 2 5 | 9 7 3 |
| 1 2 5 | 3 9 7 | 8 4 6 |
| 3 9 7 | 4 6 8 | 1 5 2 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 6 7 3 | 5 1 9 | 4 2 8 |
| 2 8 4 | 6 7 3 | 5 1 9 |
| 9 5 1 | 2 8 4 | 6 3 7 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 7 4 6 | 9 3 1 | 2 8 5 |
| 8 1 9 | 7 5 2 | 3 6 4 |
| 5 3 2 | 8 4 6 | 7 9 1 |
+-------+-------+-------+
39.
+-------+-------+-------+
| 9 3 4 | 2 1 7 | 6 5 8 |
| 1 6 5 | 9 8 3 | 7 2 4 |
| 2 8 7 | 6 5 4 | 1 3 9 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 3 2 9 | 4 7 1 | 5 8 6 |
| 8 4 1 | 5 2 6 | 3 9 7 |
| 7 5 6 | 3 9 8 | 2 4 1 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 5 7 3 | 1 4 9 | 8 6 2 |
| 4 1 2 | 8 6 5 | 9 7 3 |
| 6 9 8 | 7 3 2 | 4 1 5 |
+-------+-------+-------+
40.
+-------+-------+-------+
| 1 8 2 | 4 5 6 | 3 7 9 |
| 7 3 9 | 2 8 1 | 6 5 4 |
| 6 5 4 | 9 7 3 | 8 2 1 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 9 6 5 | 8 3 2 | 4 1 7 |
| 2 7 3 | 1 4 5 | 9 6 8 |
| 4 1 8 | 6 9 7 | 5 3 2 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 5 4 7 | 3 1 8 | 2 9 6 |
| 3 9 6 | 7 2 4 | 1 8 5 |
| 8 2 1 | 5 6 9 | 7 4 3 |
+-------+-------+-------+
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* 6. Download Play *
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If comparing your Brain Ages isn't good enough, you can compete head-to-head
against up to 15 friends via the DS's wireless link. The only multiplayer
activity available is Calculations x30, where you and your friends see who can
answer 30 math problems the quickest. The results of the round are displayed
afterwards, so you can see exactly how everyone did.
You can also send a demo of the game to another DS. The contents of the demo
are the same as those of the Quick Play option of the full game - a Stroop Test
for determining approximate Brain Age (i.e. 40s), a practice Calculations x20
exercise, and a Sudoku puzzle. The demo is lost when the other DS is turned
off.
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* 7. Surprises *
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On some days, before you begin your training, Dr. Kawashima will ask you a
question relating to your daily life. Several days later, he will ask you to
recall your answer, so be sure to remember what you wrote!
These are the possible questions he may ask you:
- What did you eat for dinner yesterday?
- What's the best thing you heard or saw on the news yesterday?
- What was the first thing you did when you woke up this morning?
- What did you eat for breakfast today?
- What was the first thing you said today?
- What color are the clothes that you're wearing today?
- What's the most interesting thing you saw on TV yesterday?
On other days, you may be asked to draw a series of three pictures. When
you're finished, each of your drawings will be compared to a prerendered
illustration, and you will be asked to focus on a certain aspect of the
illustration and see if it appears in your drawing. If there is more than one
profile saved on your game card, the doctor will host a gallery showcasing
everyone's drawings side-by-side so you can all compare your artistic skills.
NOTE: The set of illustrations found in the North American version of the game
is different than the set found in the European version (thanks to user
Weirdosport for alerting me to this). Of the 81 total illustrations found in
each version, 24 are completely different, 16 are the same illustrations except
with different names (e.g., King Tut in North America vs. Tutankhamun in
Europe) or different descriptions (see Armadillo or Shakespeare, for example),
and the other 41 are identical. Many of the differences are due to region, but
some of them have no apparent explanation.
Below are the things you may be asked to draw, with the details you should
focus on in parentheses following each item:
NORTH AMERICAN VERSION:
- Abraham Lincoln (gaunt face)
- Africa (comma-like shape)
- Anchor (pointy ends)
- Armadillo (armored body)
- Australia (twin peninsulas)
- Backhoe (large shovel)
- Baseball Pitcher (throwing form)
- Beethoven (hairstyle)
- Beetle (large mandible)
- Bicycle (two wheels)
- Binoculars (two cylinders)
- Biplane (dual wings)
- Bulldog (wrinkly face)
- Bulldozer (treaded wheels)
- Bumblebee (striped body)
- Camel (humped back)
- Cat (pointy ears)
- Chain Saw (segmented chain)
- Clown Fish (vertical stripes)
- Collie (long face)
- Covered Wagon (ribbed roof)
- Cow (spots)
- Crab (two large claws)
- Dragon (fiery breath)
- Electric Fan (rounded blades)
- Fire Engine (ladder on top)
- Fire Extinguisher (cylindrical body)
- Florida (panhandle)
- Football Helmet (face guard)
- Ghost (billowy form)
- Giraffe (long neck)
- Globe (stand)
- Hamburger (sesame-seed bun)
- Helicopter (large propeller)
- Hippopotamus (tiny ears)
- Ice-Cream Sundae (cherry on top)
- Italy (boot shape)
- Jack-o'-Lantern (carved smile)
- Japan (multiple islands)
- Kangaroo (tummy pouch)
- King Henry VIII (thin beard)
- King Tut (head ornament)
- Koala (big ears)
- Locomotive (smokestack)
- Mona Lisa (enigmatic smile)
- Mt. Rushmore (detailed heads)
- Napoleon (hand and hat)
- North America (jagged coastline)
- Ostrich (long legs)
- Panda (black feet)
- Paramecium (hairy cilium)
- Phonograph (conical amplifier)
- Pickup Truck (open bed)
- Pinwheel (four blades)
- Praying Mantis (front claws)
- Queen Elizabeth I (ruffled neckwear)
- Race Car (large tires)
- Reindeer (large antlers)
- Rhinoceros (nose horn)
- Rodin's Thinker (sitting pose)
- Sea Otter (long, furry body)
- Shakespeare (goatee)
- Shark (large mouth)
- Sherlock Holmes (hunting cap)
- Soccer Ball (hexagons)
- South America (eastern coastline)
- Sphinx (lion's body)
- Statue of Liberty (raised torch)
- Stoplight (three lights)
- Swordfish (long, pointy nose)
- Tank (large cannon)
- Texas (northern border)
- Toilet (lid)
- Treble Clef (swirly bit)
- Trumpet (three valves)
- Venus Flytrap (open mouth)
- Violin (distinctive shape)
- Water Faucet (handle)
- White House (pillars and flag)
- Your Face (good looks)
- Zebra (vertical stripes)
EUROPEAN VERSION:
- Africa (comma-like shape)
- Ambulance (red cross)
- Anchor (pointy ends)
- Armadillo (armoured body)
- Australia (twin peninsulas)
- Backhoe (large shovel)
- Beethoven (hairstyle)
- Beetle (large mandibles)
- Bicycle (two wheels)
- Binoculars (two cylinders)
- Biplane (dual wings)
- British Isles (UK and Ireland)
- Bulldog (wrinkly face)
- Bulldozer (treaded wheels)
- Butterfly (patterned wings)
- Camel (humped back)
- Churchill (cigar)
- Collie (long face)
- Conch Shell (opening)
- Cow (patches)
- Crab (two large claws)
- Diabolo (sticks and cord)
- Dragon (fiery breath)
- Eel (long body)
- Eiffel Tower (three sections)
- Electric Fan (rounded blades)
- Express Train (aerodynamic shape)
- Fire Extinguisher (cylindrical body)
- Football (hexagons and pentagons)
- France (pentagonal shape)
- Giraffe (long neck)
- Globe (stand)
- Gramophone (conical amplifier)
- Hamburger (sesame-seed bun)
- Helicopter (large propeller)
- Henry VIII (beard)
- Ice-cream Sundae (cherry on top)
- Italy (boot shape)
- Japan (four islands)
- Julius Caesar (laurel wreath)
- Kangaroo (tummy pouch)
- Koala (big ears)
- Ladybird (spots)
- Lion (mane)
- Minotaur (horns)
- Moai Statue (large face)
- Mona Lisa (enigmatic smile)
- Napoleon (hat)
- North America (jagged coastline)
- Origami Swan (folded body)
- Ostrich (long legs)
- Panda (black feet)
- Praying Mantis (front claws)
- Racing Car (large tyres)
- Reindeer (large antlers)
- Rhinoceros (nose horn)
- Rickshaw (roof)
- Rodin's Thinker (sitting pose)
- Santa Claus (beard)
- Sea Otter (long, furry body)
- Shakespeare (thin moustache)
- Shark (large mouth)
- Sherlock Holmes (hunting cap)
- Sphinx (lion's body)
- Spinning Top (pointed end)
- Statue of Liberty (raised torch)
- Sunfish (flat body)
- Swordfish (long pointy nose)
- Tank (large cannon)
- Theatrical Masks (happy and sad)
- Toilet (lid)
- Treble Clef (spiral)
- Trumpet (three valves)
- Tutankhamun (head ornament)
- Tyrannosaurus Rex (large head)
- Violin (distinctive shape)
- Water Flea (transparent body)
- Water Tap (handle)
- Witch (pointy hat)
- Your Face (???)
- Zebra (vertical stripes)
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* 8. FAQ *
**********
Q: How do I delete a profile?
A: From the main menu, select "Daily Training" and then the profile that you
wish to delete. From here, select "Other Options," then "Settings," then
"Erase personal data."
Q: Where can I access the pictures I've drawn for Dr. Kawashima?
A: Unfortunately, there is no way to manually access your pictures. After you
have drawn and saved your set of three pictures, if pictures have been saved on
any of the other profiles, you will automatically see a gallery of the pictures
from all profiles the next time you open your profile. Once you view these
pictures, however, you will not be able to view them again.
Q: Why is my Brain Age so high? I'm not that old...
A: If you've only played the game once or twice, there are probably a few
voice/handwriting recognition issues that are artificially inflating your Brain
Age. Also, as Dr. Kawashima says, you shouldn't worry too much about a high
Brain Age if you're under 20 years old since your brain is still in
development.
Q: Is this game suitable for left-handers?
A: Yes, the developers did not forget about lefties. When creating your
profile, you will be asked which hand you use to write. If you're a lefty, you
will turn the DS so that the touch screen is on your left instead of your
right.
Q: Does this game really make you smarter?
A: No, but that is not the game's intent. Instead, it is designed to
stimulate and exercise your brain in order to keep you mentally active and fit,
which it does very well.
Q: Why doesn't the game like how I say/write ...?
A: The voice/handwriting recognition in the game isn't perfect, so often minor
adjustments in how you speak or write can help the game recognize you better.
Try different things and see what works best for you.
Q: Is this game worth the $20?
A: Absolutely, especially if you plan on sharing with your family. Even if
you're the only one playing, as long as you have an interest in staying
mentally sharp, you should definitely get your money's worth.
Q: Brain Age, Brain Age 2, or Big Brain Academy - which should I get?
A: If you're new to the Brain Training games, your best bet is to start off
with Brain Age. In my opinion, it's much easier to transition from Brain Age
to the other two games than it is to transition from either of the other games
to Brain Age. If you find that you really enjoy Brain Age, go ahead and try
Brain Age 2. Or, if you want something less regimented or just something
different, give Big Brain Academy a look.
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* 9. Credits *
**************
CJayC: helped me round out the word list for Word Memory and provided the
information for my Surprises section
Weirdosport: pointed out that the sets of pictures Dr. Kawashima asks you to
draw in the North American and European versions of the game are different
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* 10. Contact Me *
******************
My e-mail: video_gamer324(at)yahoo(dot)com
Any questions, comments, suggestions, or corrections are welcome. Please be
sure to include the words "Brain Age" somewhere in the subject.
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* 11. Legal Stuff *
*******************
This guide may not be reproduced under any circumstances except for personal,
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