Jenny's Noodle

Here's the solution to last week's NPR Sunday Puzzle (Jan. 15):

Answer: This was a two-week creative challenge with multiple answers. For example: "The Nanny / Lost / All My Children."

NPR Sunday Puzzle for Jan. 29:
Write the digits from 1 to 9 in a line. If you put a plus sign after the 2, a times sign after the 4, and plus signs after the 6 and 8, the line shows 12 + 34 x 56 + 78 + 9, which equals 2003. That's nine years off from our current year 2012. This example uses four arithmetic symbols. The object is to use just three of the following arithmetic operations: addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, in a line from 1 to 9 to get 2012 exactly. The operations should be performed in order from left to right. There are no tricks to this puzzle. Can you do it?

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