While you were away, your Thai girlfriend or wife sent you the following cryptic message:

 

     SEND

   +

     MORE

  ________

    MONEY

 

To find how much she wants, you need to replace the letters with digits.

One letter = one digit, if E = 1 then all Es = 1

 

My father gave me this puzzle decades ago when I was in high school.

Little did he know how prescient he was...

 

Please REFRAIN from looking for the answer on internet, and from posting it...

8 minutes ago, Brunolem said:

cryptic message

you lost me at 'cryptic message and Thai woman' at the same sentence, impossible combinations, nevermind money...

You could just ask her or you could ignore the message until she brings it up again.

Why would anybody spend time trying to figure out how much money she wants?

8 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

You could just ask her or you could ignore the message until she brings it up again.

Why would anybody spend time trying to figure out how much money she wants?

Easy, peasy…..she wants more than she can spend. Only those with a set income and boundaries have a chance of answering.

14 minutes ago, ezzra said:

you lost me at 'cryptic message and Thai woman' at the same sentence, impossible combinations, nevermind money...

 

On the contrary, they're quite mysterious and enigmatic. 

Most don't have the ability to recognize as such, as they're too busy attempting to place Thai lasses into something they're not. 

 

The obvious connections and misunderstanding derive from the usual circle. 

Suckers.

Send as much as Phil, Bjorn and Klaus send me, and I'll TRY to make do, Tee Rak!

Guys, come on...show that you are at least as smart as your girlfriend and that you can solve the puzzle, instead of burying the subject in digressions...

2 hours ago, Brunolem said:

Guys, come on...show that you are at least as smart as your girlfriend and that you can solve the puzzle, instead of burying the subject in digressions...

 

It's simple algebra easy to solve. 

10652   Next !  ????

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The answer is in the request.  SEND MORE MONEY.  If you send 100,000 BAHT read the message again... MORE.  If you send 2 million BAHT then you should send MORE.  Mathematically speaking this is equal to infinity + 1 .  

I came up with a Dollar.

5 hours ago, Brunolem said:

Guys, come on...show that you are at least as smart as your girlfriend and that you can solve the puzzle, instead of burying the subject in digressions...

 

I'm smart enough not to have a girlfriend who asks for money.

No, because the OP has not specified whether the MONEY component is a result or a denominator. Personally, I'd go for the denominator.

MOAR

 

1 hour ago, seancbk said:

 

I'm smart enough not to have a girlfriend who asks for money.

Is she into gold and diamonds?

16 minutes ago, PatOngo said:

Is she into gold and diamonds?

 

I wouldn't want one who wasn't.   

38 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

No, because the OP has not specified whether the MONEY component is a result or a denominator. Personally, I'd go for the denominator.

Did you see the + sign?

No denominator, just a simple addition...

Just a quick glance, didn't try to solve it, but M = 1.

5 minutes ago, rwill said:

Just a quick glance, didn't try to solve it, but M = 1.

That's indeed where to start from.

Usually, we deal with additions going from the right to the left, but in this case it has to be the opposite.

 

Once M is found, it is quite easy to find O...after it gets more complicated...

5 hours ago, seancbk said:

 

I'm smart enough not to have a girlfriend who asks for money.

I do not have any money my girl friend has it all.

17 hours ago, rwill said:

Just a quick glance, didn't try to solve it, but M = 1.

Thought it said all Es =1.

1 hour ago, Kwasaki said:

Thought it said all Es =1.

As an example...to explain that once you have found which digit replaces a given letter, you can replace all these letters with the digit.

 

In this case, since someone found that M = 1, it means that the M in "more" and the M in "money" can be replaced with the digit 1.

 

I think 

o = 0

M = 1 

Y = 3 

E = 5 

R = 6 

N = 7 

S = 9

12 minutes ago, tebee said:

I think 

o = 0

M = 1 

Y = 3 

E = 5 

R = 6 

N = 7 

S = 9

M=1

O=0

S=9

E=5

These are the good ones

 

For the others try again...should be easy at this stage...

Ah i think I see my error 

 

 

o = 0

M = 1 

D = 2 

E = 5 

N = 6 

Y = 7

R = 8 

S = 9

44 minutes ago, tebee said:

Ah i think I see my error 

 

 

o = 0

M = 1 

D = 2 

E = 5 

N = 6 

Y = 7

R = 8 

S = 9

You got the MORE right

Check the second column N + R

With you digits, you get 6 + 8 = 14

But you need to get 15 because E = 5

 

 

 

o = 0

M = 1 

D = 8 

E = 5 

N = 6 

Y = 3

R = 8 

S = 9