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Spotting a supercell

Look at a grid of numbers — boxes in rows and columns. Which numbers are bigger than every neighbour? Check 67.

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A number grid.
Step 1 of 4
  1. A number grid.
  2. Look at 67 and its neighbours.
  3. 67 is bigger than 23, 12 and 15.
  4. 67 is a supercell!

The rule

The neighbours of a number touch it: up, down, left and right.

A number bigger than every neighbour it has is a supercell.

Only 2 boxes are up, down, left or right of a corner. So a corner number has only 2 neighbours. A corner number can still be a supercell.

Example

41 is in a corner. Its neighbours are 34 and 22. 41 is bigger than 34 and bigger than 22. So 41 is a supercell.

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  1. 0 Start here
  2. 1 Same digits, new number
  3. 2 The biggest and smallest number you can make
  4. 3 Numbers that read the same both ways
  5. 4 Spotting a supercell
  6. 5 A good estimate is fast and close
  7. 6 Hunting a number with clues
  8. 7 The magic number 6174
  9. 8 Halve it, or triple it and add 1
  10. 9 A game you can win
  11. 10 Checkpoint
  12. 11 The big picture
  13. 12 Track quiz

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