Math Club – December
December Week 1
- DIY Challenge 1: Tiling with trominoesWhich of the following can you tile using tromino tiles? Do you think it is impossible to tile …8 answers
- DIY Challenge 2: Blocking a corner of the 5x5Tiling with Trominos: If we block the corner in a 5×5 grid, is it possible to tile the grid usi…8 answers
- DIY Challenge 3: Moving the blocked squarePlace the blocking square in different positions in the 5×5 square. Then, try to cover the rema…7 answers
- DIY Challenge 4: Tiling with dominoesTiling with Dominos The following is a 5×5 square with one position blocked. Will we be able to…5 answers
December Week 2
- Challenge Introduction
- DIY Challenge 1: The 8 bar challenge!Share your strategy for finding the real gold bar. What is the minimum time you need to find it…10 answers
- DIY Challenge 2: Strategy for 9 bars!Can you find the real gold bar in 2 turns? Share your different strategies to do it. Link to th…6 answers
- DIY Challenge 3: 10 bars!How many times will you need to use the weighing scale?…7 answers
- Challenge 4: Observations!Record your findings in a table. Do you see any patterns? If you were allowed to weigh only 3 t…7 answers
- Challenge 5: 2 Weighing ScalesYou can now use 2 weighing scales together at once. It takes 1 minute for a scale to weigh, you…5 answers
December Week 3
- DIY Challenge 1: Cut the 10 unit gold barWe have a gold bar of length 10. You have pay a person for 10 days. At the end of 1st day, the …7 answers
- DIY Challenge 2: Fastest 3 horsesThere are 15 horses and five lanes on a race track. What would be your strategy to find the fas…11 answers
- DIY Challenge 3: The fastest horseHow would you find the fastest horse out of 20 horses?…2 answers
- DIY Challenge 4: 25 horses ChallengeWhat if we had 25 horses? How many races would you need to find the 3 fastest horses?…5 answers