A grid of numbers, a Start and a Finish. Somewhere in the grid is a path where every step follows the same little rule, repeated over and over: add 1, then add 3; or double, then take away 1. Nobody tells you the rule — you have to discover it from the numbers.
Start by looking at the squares around Start. Each one suggests a different first step; try a couple and see which pattern can keep going. Watch out for decoys: some numbers fit for a step or two and then lead nowhere.
Easy levels use one or two additions and subtractions. Harder levels bring in multiplying and dividing, longer patterns, and at Expert level, special operations like squaring a number, adding its digits or reversing them. Every puzzle has exactly one path that fits any pattern the level allows.
Walk from Start to Finish through a number grid, every step following one hidden repeating pattern of operations.
The full guide, with a worked example and common mistakes: How to play Number March.
Adding and taking away at every level from Easy; multiplying and dividing from Medium; and at Expert, squaring, square roots, adding or taking away a number’s digits, multiplying its digits, adding its last digit and reversing its digits.
Yes — exactly one path from Start to Finish fits any pattern the level allows, not just the hidden one.
It shows the operation your step used, so you can check your pattern. Turn it off in the settings if you prefer to work it out in your head.
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