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172 Matchstick Problem 88111
Question: I
AM SEARCHING FOR THE SOLUTION TO A MATCHSTICK PROBLEM...
THE PROBLEM...
MOVE 3 OF THE MATCHSTICKS FROM THE LEFT TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE EQUAL
SIGN TO MAKE THE EQUALITY TRUE.
I AM NOT SURE HOW TO WRITE OUT THE PROBLEM FOR YOU ON THE COMPUTER, SO I
WILL TYPE OUT THE EQUATION AND THEN EXPLAIN WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.
88111=
EACH EIGHT IS 2 MATCHSTICKS HIGH AND 1 WIDE (USING 7 MATCHSTICKS)
THE ONES ARE MADE WITH 2 MATCHSTICKS.
IF YOU COULD HELP ME I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE IT!!!
OR IF YOU COULD TELL ME WHERE I MIGHT FIND A SOLUTION!!!
Question: I
am looking for a puzzle that has six squares and 9 lines. Another words
you have to draw a line from each square to the other without crossing a
line.
Do you know of this and possibly what it is called?
Robert Byrne, an American chess player and Grandmaster, has an odd
collecting habit. While he admits to being compelled to collect, he
also expresses some amount of embarassment for his habit.
A dozen of the matchstick puzzles which have been featured in the
Puzzle Playground sector of our site for many years are packed
into a printable e-booklet. Now you can download these puzzles and
then print them out from one PDF file with complete rules and
solutions included.
Put a set of nine jigsaw-like pieces into a special grid. A distinctive
feature of the challenge is that there is a definite logical place and
order for each piece to be located within the grid. The goal is only to
discover it!
What will happen if you make the seven pieces of a classic Tangram
puzzle transparent, leaving only outlines of them? You'll get a modern
variation on the old theme. Now you can create fancy shapes instead of
traditional monochromatic ones. Will you be able to come up with your
own contour shapes? By Serhiy Grabarchuk.
More than a hundred original and creative puzzles
from the Grabarchuk family group. The puzzles collected in the book
are very different but they all require "out of the box" approach and
are based heavily on a visual appeal...
