# 1-2-3 Ending Puzzle

$$ED \quad \ \ \ EN \quad \ \ UE$$

$$451\ \ \ \quad 662\ \ \quad8w3$$

$$1601\quad2062\quad16x3$$

$$2551\quad2282\quad16y3$$

$$2551\quad1112\quad10z3$$

There's only one possible value apiece for $$w, x, y$$ and $$z$$, tell why and what are they.

## Hint 1

Give dear maths some holidays

## Hint 2

All of you have already seen it

## Hint 3

There are useless digits

## Hint 4 - 20th of July '19

Extending hint 3, there are exactly twelve useless digits on this puzzle

• I'm not sure about my English right now (I'm French and an English learner) does my formulation means that there are 4 digits, possibly different but unique for $w, x, y, z$ or does it mean there is 1 digit that fits for both $w, x, y, z$? The latter is clearly not what I want to express.
– JKHA
Jul 11, 2019 at 20:48
• In light of your comment above, I've suggested an edit to clarify. Jul 11, 2019 at 20:53
• @msh210 Thank you for teaching me some vocabulary haha ;)
– JKHA
Jul 11, 2019 at 20:55
• Should we know what is the meaning of ED, EN, and UE or is it part of the puzzle?
– Moti
Jul 12, 2019 at 6:58
• @MeaCulpaNay I edited my question aiming to clarify, accordingly to your comment :)
– JKHA
Jul 12, 2019 at 19:17

The "useless digits" of hints 3 and 4 are

the 1,2,3 on the end, which serve only as indices.

The columns are really labelled

RED, GREEN, and BLUE.

The missing digits are

4, 6, 3, and 5 respectively.

The rows are

the colours of the text, green region, yellow region, and red region, respectively, of the PSE logo.

I confess I'm not sure I understand hint 1; perhaps it's

just indicating that despite all the numbers this isn't actually a mathematical question?

• You are right about hint 1. I thought without knowing there are useless digits, it could have been easy to seek pointlessly for hours into mathematical formulas
– JKHA
Jul 22, 2019 at 9:15