[UF163] Time Times Three

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Time Times Three
Game	Professor Layton and the Unwound Future
Number	163
Type	Write Answer
Location	Layton's Challenges
Solved by	Luke
Picarats	60
Mandatory	No
Reward	None
In other languages
日本語	３倍の時間 3 bai no jikan
Deutsch	Drei mal drei
Español	Tiempo triplicado
Français	Temps de réflexion
Italiano	Tempo per tre

Time Times Three is a puzzle in Professor Layton and the Unwound Future.

Puzzle

US Version

Create a valid equation by placing a number (1,2 4, 5, 6, 8, 9) into each box (A, B, C, D, E, F, G).

In this puzzle, the two digits to the left of each colon are minutes, and the two digits to the right are seconds. Sixty seconds will roll over into a minute, and you can't exceed 60 minutes.

UK Version

Create a valid equation by placing each of the numbers below into a box, A to G.

In this puzzle, the two digits to the left of each colon are minutes and the two digits to the right are seconds. 60 seconds will roll over into a minute, but you cannot exceed 60 minutes.

Hints

• →
• Hint 1
• Hint 2
• Hint 3
• S. Hint

Click a Tab to reveal the Hint.

For starters, what do you know for sure? Well, you know that the answer time ends in seven and the top time is multiplied by three, so the number that goes in box D must end in seven when multiplied by three! There's only one that will work. It's an odd number.

Nine times three ends in seven. So the nine goes in box D.

Two times three is six, so what does that tell you about what number goes in box A?

If the number in box A is greater than one, the lower value will exceed 60 minutes, which isn't allowed. Therefore, the one must go in box A.

Here's your last hint:

The one, four, eight, and nine all go in the top time.

The rest can be calculated from there.

Solution

Correct

Correct!

US Version

The equation 18 minutes and 49 seconds times three equals 56 minutes and 27 seconds. That wasn't to hard, right?

Nine is the only single-digit number that will produce a seven when multiplied by three, so it's the only possible choice for box D. Also, if the number in box A was any larger than one, the answer would exceed 60 minutes, which isn't allowed in this puzzle. The rest can be calculated step by step.

UK Version

Multiplying 18 minutes and 49 seconds by three gives 56 minutes and 27 seconds. That wasn't too hard, right?

Nine is the only single-digit number that gives a number ending in seven when multiplied by three, so it's the only possible choice for box D. If the number in box A is any larger than one, the answer will exceed 60 minutes, which isn't allow in this puzzle. The rest can be calculated step by step.