A ‘MATH’ Grid

Your challenge is to determine how many different ways the word ‘MATH’ can be spelt in the above grid. You can start at any M and move from letter to letter either horizontally, vertically or diagonally.

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Clue:

The number of ways to spell MATH beginning with the M in the second row, third column, is equal to the other two M’s combined.

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Answer: There are 16 different ways to spell MATH.

Beginning with the M in the top-left corner, there are 3 ways to spell MATH.

Beginning with the M in the second row, third column, there are 8 ways to spell MATH.

Beginning with the M in the bottom-right corner, there are 5 ways to spell MATH.

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