Arithmetic puzzles have been always a rich source of fascinating computational problems. Beside their natural numerical setting, their solving requires a knowledge of arithmetic operations beyond mere computation. Consider, for example, pandigital sums. A pandigital sum is a valid addition which uses all of the digits 1 to 9 only once. E.g.: 128 + 439 = 567 26 + 48 + 79 = 153 are pandigital sums. Our aim in this work is to find all pandigital sums and generalize the scheme to include other operations. The authors have used this material in a teaching environment.
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