Children construct a play safe with a security panel attaching the digits zero to nine.
Enquiry
Can you guess the code using the digits zero to nine?
I am a four-digit number.
My digits add to 11
I have 2 even numbers and 2 odd numbers
My largest digit is 5
Is there more than one answer?
Can you make up some questions for a different code?
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