VIEW THE MOBILE VERSION of www.mathpuzzle.ca Informational Site Network Informational
Privacy
Home Top Rated Puzzles Most Viewed Puzzles All Puzzle Questions Random Puzzle Question Search


ROUND THE COAST.





(Moving Counter Problem)
Here is a puzzle that will, I think, be found as amusing as instructive.
We are given a ring of eight circles. Leaving circle 8 blank, we are
required to write in the name of a seven-lettered port in the United
Kingdom in this manner. Touch a blank circle with your pencil, then jump
over two circles in either direction round the ring, and write down the
first letter. Then touch another vacant circle, jump over two circles,
and write down your second letter. Proceed similarly with the other
letters in their proper order until you have completed the word. Thus,
suppose we select "Glasgow," and proceed as follows: 6--1, 7--2, 8--3,
7--4, 8--5, which means that we touch 6, jump over 7 and and write down
"G" on 1; then touch 7, jump over 8 and 1, and write down "l" on 2; and
so on. It will be found that after we have written down the first five
letters--"Glasg"--as above, we cannot go any further. Either there is
something wrong with "Glasgow," or we have not managed our jumps
properly. Can you get to the bottom of the mystery?


Read Answer





Next: CENTRAL SOLITAIRE.

Previous: THE TEN PRISONERS.



Add to Informational Site Network
Report
Privacy
ADD TO EBOOK




Random Questions

The Wizard's Arithmetic
MISCELLANEOUS PUZZLES
The Football Players.
Problems Concerning Games.
The Four Kangaroos.
The Guarded Chessboard
The Buried Treasure
THE PROFESSOR'S PUZZLES
Mrs. Smiley's Christmas Present.
Patchwork Puzzles
The Folded Cross.
GREEK CROSS PUZZLES
Simple Multiplication.
Money Puzzles
The Rookery.
The Guarded Chessboard
The Grocer And Draper.
Money Puzzles
The Abbot's Window.
Chessboard Problems
A New Match Puzzle.
Patchwork Puzzles
A Family Party.
Money Puzzles
The Bun Puzzle.
Various Dissection Puzzles
The Man Of Law's Puzzle
CANTERBURY PUZZLES
The Hymn-board Poser.
Unclassified Problems.