You can try The New York Times’ new math-based puzzle game right now
by Jay Peters from The Verge - All Posts on (#6ANER)
Screenshot by Jay Peters / The Verge The New York Times has announced a new math-based puzzle game, Digits, and you can play the beta test right now at this link.
In Digits, you're given six numbers that you can add, subtract, multiply, or divide together to reach a goal number. You're not just limited to those six numbers; you can, for example, multiply two of the numbers together and then add that total to one of the others. You get three stars if you reach the exact goal number, but if you're close, you'll get one or two stars.
Take the below picture from The New York Times. This person was given the starting numbers of 4, 9, 7, 10 (based on the computation at the top), 1 (also in the computation), and 20, and they are trying to total them up to 235. The player chose to...