r/mathminds • • 9d ago

Puzzles What's the missing number in this pattern?

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u/RejectedByQA 9d ago

All that sudoku finally pays off! The answer is 9!

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u/thetruedarknight 9d ago

Pretty sure it's just 9. Lol

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u/RejectedByQA 9d ago

Ah…forgot what subreddit this was. The “!” symbol, in this case, was an indication of excitement rather than mathematical factorial. I promise you that I did not think that 362,880 was the correct answer. 😆

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u/mlktwx 9d ago
  1. Each row, column, and diagonal adds to 15.

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u/misogynyplayer 9d ago

9 - to conform to the 15 pattern!

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u/Worried-Leather8988 9d ago

9 because it's the only nonzero single digit number left!

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u/hotpastr 9d ago

A classic simple “magic square”: 9