Killer Sudoku - Sums or Products
(Published on 2. November 2020, 20:26 by udukos)
The idea for the puzzle comes from Qodec's innovative
Product Killer
Normal sudoku rules apply.
An area surrounded by a dashed line will be called a cage. Digits may not repeat within a cage. A number in the top left corner of a cage indicates either the sum or the product of all the digits in that cage.
For eg. A two celled 8 cage could be either a sum of 17, 26 or 35 or a product of 18 or 24.
Note the inequality sign in the grid.
Good luck. Have fun.
Penpa plus link
F-puzzles link has a two celled thermo in place of the inequality sign.
Solution code: Row 2 Row 3
Solved by Qodec, Mark Sweep, cdwg2000, NikolaZ, tyb, soroush, ThrowngNinja, kroutu, PixelPlucker, Player, Alexander Rappa, abed hawila, Jaych, LongOrteil, kishy72, Drendo, harrison, polar, CyberMonkey, ManuH, SirWoezel, Ragna, puzzlemuncher69, Jesper, MagnusJosefsson, geronimo92, juventino188, Madmahogany, cfop, Uhu, Statistica, zorant, michaal94, mlkj, Vebby, Just me, Gotroch, zhergan, OGRussHood
Comments
on 5. November 2020, 16:04 by CyberMonkey
" I tried to keep the logical path narrow but still fun to solve": I'd say you nailed both of those. I was impressed at (and enjoyed) the evenness of the difficulty throughout.
on 4. November 2020, 08:39 by udukos
@PixelPlucker I tried to keep the logical path narrow but still fun to solve.
@Alexander Rappa Thank you for the nice feedback. Glad you liked it.
on 3. November 2020, 21:45 by Alexander Rappa
Loved it. Seemed like a very narrow solving path and was fun to find it.
on 3. November 2020, 17:08 by PixelPlucker
Very challenging, tight logic!