Primitive Markings

Where do the numbers go?

Each marking is a specific rule that must be discovered by scientists and applied through the final grid. Scientists must start with the smallest grid and deduce the rule for each grid will getting introduced new rules as they build upwards.

Example: It it given from the instructions that there are an equal number of a number as to its value (ie. 1x 1, 2x 2, 3x 3, etc)

From this puzzle, it can be learned that solid squares within the grid represent the connected squares containing the same number. Outside of the grid, it is learned a square shape means SUM, and a dot inside means ALL NUMBERS, thus meaning the sum of all numbers in that row will equal 5.

Below is a list of all rules that were deduced.

Outer Shapes	Meaning
Square	Sum
Triangle	Highest
Inverted Triangle	Lowest
Heart	Most occurance
Flag	Prime Position
Diamond	Multiply
Pentagon	Median
Circle	Count

Outer Modifiers	Meaning
Dot	All Numbers
Horizontal Line	Even Numbers
Vertical Line	Odd Numbers
Smile	Unique Numbers
Inverted Smile	Non-Unique Numbers

Between Squares	Meaning
Diamond	Sequential
Square	Equal
Dots	Greater Than

Solving the final grid it is known there are 1x 1, 2x 2, 3x 3, 4x 4, 5x 5, 6x 6, 7x 7, 8x 8 and can be resolved using the rules above

Reading diagonally down and to the right, each of the final rules can be applied to these diagonal rows.

Symbol	Answer	Letter
sum all	23	W
highest even	8	H
multiply non-unique	9	I
multiply all	20	T
lowest odd	5	E
flag all	13	M
sum all	15	O
sum even	18	R
multiply unique	18	R
sum unique	9	I
sum odd	19	S

These letters spell the final answer of WHITE MORRIS