Michael Harvey, features editor, The Times
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The Times started the UK Sudoku craze and now we are excited to introduce another great new puzzle. KenKen, which translates as “square wisdom”, is a brainteaser that is sweeping Japan. Created by Japanese mathematics teacher Tetsuya Miyamoto, it is a huge hit, with more than 1 million puzzle books already sold since its launch in 2006.
The rules of KenKen are, as with Sudoku, easy to grasp but underneath the simplicity of the concept lie deep levels of complexity. KenKen has the advantage of being played in several different sizes (there are 4x4 puzzles and 6x6 puzzles) but it can also be played invoving different “operations”, ie, using addition, subtraction, multiplication and division to arrive at the clue numbers. This gives the puzzle much more flexibility. This maths element makes KenKen perfect for numeracy in children and brain-training for adults.
But enough of all this background; the pleasure is in the solving. I hope you like KenKen; I think it is a great addition to The Times’s stable of quality puzzles. For your daily KenKen, see the back page of times2 from Monday and check the games page online at www.timesonline.co.uk/games
KenKen ™ Puzzles are used with permission of Gakken Co., Ltd and Nextoy, LLC. Puzzle content © 2008 Gakken Co. Ltd.
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It's humiliating enough not to be able to solve KenKen, but to find the word "Easy" above it is the last straw!
Tricia Howland, Hereford, UK
Yes, i can do the KenKen, i can do the KenKen.
jasmine, Mexico,
Another option would be to use the solidus instead of the division sign. According to Wikipedia, this sign looks like a "/" but is more slanted, and is also used to denote shillings. Thus, it should be more than accessible to your paper!
Ada, New Haven, CT/USA
I have the same problem with the signs - even using a magnifier. Perhaps less problems per page so that they could be printed larger?
Chris Sims, Woburn Sands, Bucks, England
KenKen is an interesting extension to Sudoku. One minor point. As with some Sudoku, I have difficulty reading some of the operations that are printed at the top left of each "shape". In particular, I have trouble distinguishing between the 'plus' and 'division' signs. Would it be a useful idea to use lower case letters instead of the of the binary operation symbols? 'p' for addition, 'd' for division, etc.
Colin , Olongapo, Philippines