Totle #4: make 7 from 1, 5, 11, 12 and 19
Friday, October 16, 2026
Use all five numbers with + − × ÷ to make 7. Combine two at a time; every result has to be a positive whole number.
A Friday puzzle, so level 6 of 7 (they get harder from Sunday to Saturday). There were 7 different answers. Harder than 91% of all Totle puzzles, and these five numbers can make 837 different totals.
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How people did
On the day, 11 people played it and 6 solved it (55%).
Medals among the 6 who solved it:
How to think about it
- Work backward. Ask what two numbers make 7, then whether you can build them from what you have.
- Find the even splits. Division has to come out even, so spot the pairs that divide cleanly early.
- Make a 1 to use up a spare number. Two numbers one apart subtract to 1, and × 1 or ÷ 1 changes nothing.
- Break big numbers into tens. 7 × 16 is 70 + 42; 91 ÷ 7 is 70 ÷ 7 + 21 ÷ 7, or 10 + 3.
Hints and an answer
Tap one at a time to open it.
Hint 1: think about the target
The last move makes 7. It can add or subtract two numbers you've built, multiply two (7 is prime, so only 1 × 7), or divide a multiple of 7 by the right number (14 ÷ 2, 21 ÷ 3, 28 ÷ 4…). Look at the numbers you have: which of those could you build?
Every answer uses ÷.
Hint 2: a first move
Try 11 + 12 = 23.
Hint 3: how it ends
The last move is 42 ÷ 6 = 7. So the job is building 42 and 6 from the numbers.
Show an answer
- 11 + 12 = 23
- 19 + 23 = 42
Make a ten first: 23 + 7 = 30, then add the other 12: 42. - 1 + 5 = 6
- 42 ÷ 6 = 7
Turn it around: 6 × 7 = 42, so 42 ÷ 6 = 7.
One of 7 different answers.