SSS +TTT TTTR There must be a 1 carried to the left-most column, so we put a 1 above it: 1 SSS +TTT TTTR Therefore T can only be 1, so all the T's are 1's: 1 SSS +111 111R If there weren't any other 1's to carry, the S's would have to be 0's. But the S's can't be 0, for SSS cant be 000, so there must also be 1's carried to the next two columns of digits too, so we put 1's above them too: 111 SSS +111 111R So the only thing S can be is 9 so that when we add it to 1 plus the 1 to carry we'll get 11. So the S's are all 9's: 111 999 +111 111R And finally we see that the R must be 0: 111 999 +111 1110 Edwin