November 22, 1999
Problem of the Month

Setting The Table Problem

After James had set the table for four people -- his parents, his brother Will, and himself -- they immediately sat down to eat. Your mission is to state the exact time that they started dinner (the value of ATE).

Each letter must represent the same digit, and no beginning letter of a word can be zero.

           SET
           SET
           SET
         + SET     
         -----
           ATE
          

Solution to the Problem:

James' family ATE at 7:28.

               182
               182
               182
            +  182
            ------
               728    
             

Correctly solved by:

1. Court Pifer	Winchester, VA
2. Radcliff Menge	Winchester, VA
3. Jonathan Pence	Winchester, VA
4. Michael Webber	Winchester, VA
5. Si Schiavone	Winchester, VA
6. Sam Stiebel	Winchester, VA
7. Laura Webb	Winchester, VA
8. Jia Ran	Rome, Italy
9. Tom Marino	Winchester, VA
10. Chip Crawford	Winchester, VA

Send any comments or questions to: David Pleacher