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Missing Tiles is a puzzle in Professor Layton and the Unwound Future. The puzzle must be solved in order to progress the story.
Puzzle
- US Version
To open the door, place four numbered tiles on the blank spaces so that all the conditions set forth by the equations are fulfilled.
- UK Version
To open the door, place four numbered tiles in the blank spaces so that all the conditions set forth by the equations are fulfilled.
Placing a numbered tile into a blank space enters it into the equations in the positions above and below that space.
Hints
Solution
Incorrect
Too bad!
It's a combination of simple numbers. Just keep trying.
Correct
Brilliant!
- US Version
Here is one possible solution. The right half and left half of the equation are interchangeable. Since they involve addition and multiplication, the equation is viable even if the two numbers on the left side swap positions, or it the two numbers on the right side swap positions.
- UK Version
Here is one possible solution. The right and left halves of each equation are interchangeable. Additionally, since each half of the equations involves the addition or multiplication of a pair of numbers, the order of numbers in each pair can be switched without affecting the overall result.

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