Thursday, 18 July 2013

Path Plodding Puzzle - Solution

The Puzzle:

The idea is to plod your way along all the streets on this map without going down a street you've been down before.



Starting and finishing in the places indicated, in what order would you visit the letters on the map?




Our Solution:

The diagram illustrates one of many possible routes:



Another one would be: start, finish, F, C, G, start, C, B, A, D, F, E, A, finish.

NIM-ble Thinking Puzzle - Solution

The Puzzle:

The game of "NIM" involves rows of matches laid out to make a triangle. When it is your go, you must take one or more matches away BUT THEY ALL MUST COME FROM THE SAME ROW.

You win if you force the other person to take the last match.

The diagram shows the game at the start and in mid-play. It is your go. Which match(es) should you take to win the game?





Our Solution:



Then after three more moves your opponent takes the last match and you win!