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What is a good way to improve my sudoku-solving skills?
All my friends are fantastic at sudoku and they LOVE it, but i don't, mainly because well, I can't solve those things. I just want to know for those sudoku solvers out there how do you solve them, is it natural ability, patience, or secret formula that I don't know about...? Thanks.
19 Answers
- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
i always find it easier to solve sudoku on paper..... try it ... mite work for you aswell
- 1 decade ago
approach from many different ways... figure out which square the number has to be, eliminate squares where certain numbers cant be, count numbers in row and column for an individual square... I also use a dot system... when I know a number has to be one of two in a box, row, column of nine I will put a dot in the square representing the number (top left 1, bottom right 9...) some people use numbers but that can get messy. Also right out the numbers that you have completely finished. Patience also helps.
- 1 decade ago
Practice makes perfect!!! Or they have a book out now "Sudoku for Dummies" you could pick that up and read it and use the tips inside to help you out.
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- jalajLv 41 decade ago
Improve your observation skills to solve using the the two primary methods.
See if the SuDoku Tutor 3i software can help you in the process.
Source(s): http://jalaj.wordpress.com/ - Anonymous1 decade ago
It's a matter of pattern recognition and logic. If you aren't good at those then you can do things to make your mind sharper. I would actually recommend reading good books, then wasting time solving puzzles. I did my fair share of sudoku when they came out but found them too easy and wasted too much time creating minimum sudokus (17 numbers are the minimum needed to solve). I think everyone should exercise their minds, but do something productive at the same time. Remember in the end, it just gets thrown away.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Practice, practice, practice.
I do the sudoku puzzles in the USA Today everyday. I had to start out with the easy ones, they rate them from one to five stars.
After I learned to do the easy ones the harder ones got easier to do.
Source(s): I was in Wal Mart last night and I noticed that they have a series of sudoku books, starting with "real easy" thru "moderate" to "very hard". Get the real easy one and get some practice. - 1 decade ago
Find a book for beginners, that is how I started it. Now I'm addicted.
First I look at the numbers to see if any numbers fit into places.
When I start to get stumped I will use a pencil and start writing all the possible numbers that could fit into each square.
Just keep on trying...you'll get it! :]
- John GLv 41 decade ago
Most of the books have instructions in the front. Follow them and practice a lot.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Start with the very easy puzzles and try starting with the number one and seeing if you can fill it in any place, then move on to number two....up to number 9 and then start over. With practice you will get it.
