DEKA DOTS

DIFFICULTY LEVEL:
–
In a Deka Dot puzzle, the
goal is to fill every empty
box with a single digit (0-9)
so that:
6 2
• The digits in the boxes
that touch each dot
always add up to 10.
• Boxes that touch along a
side cannot contain the
same digit. (Boxes that The four boxes that
touch at a corner may
contain the same digit.)
surround the left dot 6 2
must sum to 10. The top
two boxes sum to 8,
so the two highlighted
boxes must sum to 2.
The sum of
the numbers in
boxes that touch We look for a way to
each dot is always 10, complete the puzzle 6 2 6 2
and boxes that touch without having the
same digit in boxes 1 1 0 2
can’t contain the
that share a side.
same digit.

The only way to fill

these boxes without 6 2
having two of the same
digits that touch is
shown on the right.
2 0

Finally, the boxes that

touch the right dot must 6 2
sum to 10. So, we fill
the bottom-right box
with an 8.
2 0 8

48 Beast Academy Puzzles 1

DEKA DOTS
1.
2.

1 0
1
5
1 2

3.
4.
4
3
3 2 2

5. 6.

8 1 0 8

7.
8.
8
1
0
9

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DEKA DOTS

9.
10.

3
5 5
3 1

11.
12.

1 1
4
1 8

13. 14.

2 6
8
1 7

15.
16.
2
1
4 3
6 5

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DEKA DOTS
17. 18.

4 1 2 5
1 1 1
5

19. 20.

5 3 3
1
3
4
1

21.
22.

4 1
2
3
2
1
5

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23.
24.
4 1
1 4
2

2
3 7

25.
26.

1
3
2
5
6 1 4

27.
28.
1
2
4
5 3
2

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DEKA DOTS SOLUTIONS

Page 49 Page 50

1. 2. 9. 10.
1 0 6 1 2 2 4
3 3 5
4 5 1 2 5 3 1

3. 4. 11. 12.
4 1 3 5 5 1 1 0
4 9
3 2 2 1 3 8 1
5. 6. 13. 14.

1 0 2 0 0 2 6 0 2
8
8 1 0 8 2 6 3 1 7

7. 8. 15. 16.
8 1 0 1 3 2 4 3 1 4
1 0 9 0 4 1 3 6 0 5

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17. 18. 23. 24.

4 3 1 2 5 2 4 1 6 1 4 6
2 1 1 2 1 3 2 1 5 0
5
3 4 7 0 5 2 2 3 7

19. 20. 25. 26.

5 2 3 3 4 6 1 1 3
1
3 2 6 5 3 1 2 4 5 1
6 1 4 3 1 6 1 1 0 4

21. 22. 27. 28.

5 2 4 2 1 7 1 2 2 0 2

3 5 2 5 4 3 5 3 5
1
1 6 0 3 5 0 1 2 2 0

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