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28/10/25 – Painting by Numbers

Decode the sums below to reveal the names of six related people

51813 + 522518

26514 + 31145

1913 + 1615919

121516 + 1215311

1125 + 811816

1951 + 1391920

 

Puzzle courtesy of Mensa member Peter Hooton

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VERMEER, CEZANNE, PICASSO, POLLOCK, RAPHAEL, MATISSE

The numbers correspond to letters using their position in the alphabet. Each set of letters creates a smaller word. When these words are combined using the plus sign, they form an anagram of a famous painter.

ERM + EVER, ZEN + CANE, SAC + POIS, LOP + LOCK, ALE + HARP, SEA + MIST

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