Open Middle®
Directions: Using the digits 1 to 9 at most one time each, fill in the boxes to make the statement true:
Hint
What does absolute value mean? How does that relate to two numbers?
Answer
There are many possible solutions. One example would be 3 and 7 are 2 units away from 5
Source: Bryan Anderson
I found 3 and 5 are 1 unit away from 9
That isn’t correct. 3 and 5 are 1 unit away from 4.
I found that 8 and 4 are 2 units away from 6.
1 and 7 are 3 units from 4
1 and 9 are 4 units from 5
2 and 8 are 3 unit away from 5