Transcript Puzzle - Roberto Pozza

Puzzle
Think outside the box
16 dots, 6 lines
http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/articles/20041027/PuzzleZone.asp
Dots and lines - generalization
• a three-dot-by-three-dot puzzle requires
four lines.
• a four-dot-by-four-dot puzzle requires six
lines,
• a five-dot-by-five-dot puzzle requires eight
lines, and
• an n-dot-by-n-dot puzzle requires 2(n – 1)
dots.
Puzzle Archive
• http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/pages/
zonearchive.asp?type=1