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Take away the values to add the trilateral digits

Jim Howson
Tuesday 18 November 2008 04:07

Bob Lewis, from Abbey Wood in London, contributes this week's poser.

PQa

This is a very simple three-deck difference triangle, made up from the consecutive sequence 1-to-6. Below each pair lies the value of their difference, for example 5 below 6 and 1, 2 below 5 and 3.

PQb

Here is the skeleton of a larger four-deck difference triangle, made up from the consecutive sequence 1-to-10. Given the position of the 3 as a clue, the challenge is to fill in the other nine numbers.

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