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Puzzle Games Project
Puzzle Games Project
1) Knight’s Tour
Visit http://wwhttp://www.enchantedmind.com/puzzles/pentamino/pentamino.htmlw.enchantedmind.com/puzzles/knights/knight.html
a) What is the only way to move the knight?
b) What is the goal of the game?
c) Play the game. How did you do?
2) Pentomino’s
Visit
http://www.enchantedmind.com/puzzles/pentamino/pentamino.html
a) What is the goal?
b) What must you do before you can begin the game?
c) Play the game. How did you do?
3) Peg Solitaire
Visit http://www.enchantedmind.com/puzzles/solitaire/solitaire.html
a) What is the goal?
b) What are the only legal moves?
c) Play the game. How did you do?
4) Mastermind
Visit http://www.enchantedmind.com/puzzles/mastermind/mastermind.html
a) What is the object of this game?
b) How many attempts did you make at the game? Did you win?
5) Through Walls 3-D
Visit: http://www.luckypoint.ucoz.net/stuff/puzzle/through_walls_3d/3-1-0-338
a) What is the objective of this game?
b) What level were you able to achieve?
c) What tool helps you figure what the shape should look like?
6) Crazy Cube
Visit http://www.learn4good.com/games/puzzle/crazy_cube.htm
a) What is the objective of this game?
b) What level where you able to achieve?
c) What was your final score?
7) Mathemagic #1
Visit: http://mathforum.org/dr.math/faq/faq.divisibility.html
a) What is the divisibility rule for 11?
b) How does it work?
c) Pick a 4 digit number and use the rule to show if it is divisible by 11
8) Mathemagic #2
Visit http://www.sasked.gov.sk.ca/docs/rubrics/math/gr8/g8problem05.html
a) How would you square 53?
9) The Tower of Hanoi
Visit http://www.cut-the-knot.org/recurrence/hanoi.shtml
a) What is the objective of this puzzle?
b) How many moves did it take you to complete this puzzle?
10) Sudoku
Visit http://www.websudoku.com/
a) Play a game at the ability level of your choice .......How long did it take you to solve the sukoku?
11) Final assignment - Pick one of the 10 games and play it several times. You need to develop a strategy for problem solving or mastering the game. Remember to take notes on how to avoid set backs as well as how to advance quickly through the game. You will need to type a 1/2 page paper explaining your strategy for solving the game. Be very specific and use examples.
FINAL ASSIGNMENT OUTLINE:
-State the game you selected and why
-Explain the objective of the game
-Explain the rules of the game
-Explain helpful hints and strategies of winning
FINAL ASSIGNMENT TEMPLATE:
I selected ___________________ out the the 10 games in the puzzle
games project. The reason I selected this game is ____________________.
The goal of the game is __________________________________________.
The rules of the game include _____________________________________.
Some helpful hints are ______________________________ and some
strategies for winning are _________________________________________.