Every row is a 10-frame game of bowling, and the number to its left is the row's score.
- An X is a strike: all 10 pins on the first throw of a frame. It scores 10 plus the next two throws.
- A / is a spare: the second throw knocks down the pins the first throw left. It scores 10 plus the next throw.
- Any other frame is two digits that total 9 or less, and it scores their total.
- There are no bonus throws after the last frame, so a strike or spare near the end of a row only counts the throws left in that row.
It's also a sudoku: every row, column and 4×4 box has the digits 0–7 once each. The strikes and spares are already in place; fill in the digits so every row hits its score.
In this row, frame 1 is 7 then a spare: 10 plus the next throw (a strike, 10) = 20. Frame 2 is a strike: 10 plus the next two throws (2 and 5) = 17, so 37. Frame 3 is open: 2 + 5 = 7, so 44, and so on to 157.