Mind Teaser - what will be the values of a-h

A superb mind teaser puzzle with 3 rules

puzzle

You have to fill the boxes with numbers from 1-8 by following below mentioned rules.

Rule 1: Predecessor and successor can’t be besides. Example if we take number 3 in any box, than neither side of 3 can have 2 or 4.

Rule 2: Predecessor and successor can’t be upside or downside. Example: if we take 3 in any box, then the box above can not have 2 or 4, similarly box below can not have 2 or 4.

Rule 3: Predecessor and successor can’t be diagonally either.

Rule 4: c is smaller than f, else there can be 2 solutions.

And now there can be only 1 solution.

Check your answer
value of a: value of b: value of c: value of d: value of e: value of f: value of g: value of h: Answer With Explanation

For middle 2 boxes, if we take any number other than 1 and 8, it will not be possible to solve as either predecessor or successor will be beside or upside or downside or diagonal. so these can have only 1 or 8.

As it is also given that c is smaller than f, so c should be 1 and f should be 8.

Now you can try to fill rest of the boxes.