MATH 1

MATH
20 AND 16

PUZZLES
GROUP 9- NUEBEST
 PUZZLES
DEFINITION
a game, toy, or
problem designed
to test ingenuity
or knowledge
 PUZZLES
THE DIFFERENCE:
GAME VS. PUZZLE
puzzle : the goal is to find a
solution , not to beat an
opponent . Unlike games ,
puzzles have little replay
value . Games involve opposing
players whose goal is to win .
 PUZZLES
KINDS OF PUZZLES
jigsaw puzzles , slider puzzles ,
sliding blocks puzzles , logic
puzzles , mazes , cryptarithms ,
crosswords , strategy games ,
dissections , magic squares
AND MORE !
 PUZZLES
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SUDOKU
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 SUDOKU
0 1 DEFINITION
a puzzle game designed for
a single player , much like a
crossword puzzle .
“ cells ” - grid of little boxes
The puzzle comes with
some of the cells ( usually
less than half of them )
already filled in
 SUDOKU
0 1 DEFINITION
standard version : 81 cells
9X9 square grid
blocks - 3x3
givens - filled - in cells
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 SUDOKU
0 1 OBJECTIVE
:

Fill in the
empty cells
 SUDOKU
0 1 ONE RULE
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no repeats are
allowed in any
row , column ,
or block
 SUDOKU
0 1 STRATEGY
When one hears that no
math is required to
solve Sudoku , what is
really meant is that no
arithmetic is required .
 SUDOKU
0 1 STRATEGY
mathematical thinking
in the form of logical
deduction is very useful
in solving Sudokus .
 SUDOKU
0 1C O U N T I N G S O L U T I O N S
number of
permutations :
how many ways
we can
arrange / order
 SUDOKU
0 1C O U N T I N G S O L U T I O N S
number of possible 9 by 9
Sudoku grids is
N = 6670903752021072936960
which is approximately
6 . 671 × 1021
( Bertram Felgenhauer &
Frazer Jarvis , 2006 )
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02
TANGRAM
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2 D E FtheI N Imost
TION
popular of
all dissection puzzles that
exist today
an ancient , unique , Chinese
puzzle that consists of
seven ( geometric ) pieces :
one square , five triangles
and one parallelogram
The large triangle
is twice the area of the
medium triangle .

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The medium triangle , the
square , and the parallelogram
are each twice the area of the
small triangle .

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Each angle of the
square measures
90 degrees .

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Each triangle contains a
90 degree and two 45
degree angles , which
makes them isosceles
right triangles .

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The parallelogram
contains 45 degree and
135 degree angles

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 TANGRAM
0 2 DEFINITION
The relationship
among the pieces
enables them to fit
together to form
many figures and
arrangements .
 TANGRAM
0 2 OBJECTIVE
arrange the
pieces to form
additional
shapes
 TANGRAM
0 2 BENEFITS
1 . geometrical
knowledge ,
2 . reasoning ,
3 . geometrical
imagination .
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0 2 BGeometrical
ENEFITS
imagination
is ability to sense:
geometrical shapes ,
their size and position in space ,
a given shape in different space
positions ,
changes of shapes in their size ,
structure , etc .,
a shape in space according to its
plane projection and a word
description ,
a plane representation of a given
shape in space .