Matches are not toys for children if they are used for their intended purpose. And if you play with your child in riddles with matches, then you can have fun and useful time together.
30 matches
There is an entertaining game with 30 matches, which has a secret to help you always win it. You need to play it together. Fold 30 matches in a pile. Then each of the players can take any number of matches from the pile, but no more than six. This should be done in turn. Whoever takes the last match wins. You must make the first move by taking 2 matches. Now keep track of how many matches your playmate takes and subtract that number from 7. For example, if your opponent takes 3 matches, then 7-3 = 4. The resulting number means that when your turn comes, you need to take 4 matches. Such calculations must be done with each opponent's move. Then the last match is guaranteed to be yours.
Math Puzzles
There are online games available on the Internet that offer match puzzles to users. They fall into several game categories: mathematical, logical, and figures or objects.
Matches can be used to compose math riddles. For example, lay out the inequality 3 + 0 = 5 and have your child solve it by moving one match. The correct answer is that if you move the match in the number 3 so that you get the number 5, then you get 5 + 0 = 5, which corresponds to the truth.
Another inequality: 6 + 3-6 = 8. It is required to solve the problem by moving one match. To get equality, you need to take one match from the number 8 and attach it to the number 3. Then, instead of an eight and a three, you get nines. Correct answer: 6 + 9-6 = 9.
Another option for an observant child is 58 + 2 = 58. Solving this inequality is not difficult. To do this, you need to remove one match from the eight and attach it to the five to get the number 60 after the "equal" sign.
Out of four, three
Riddle: is it possible to lay out a meter of 13 matches if the length of one match is 45 mm? It seems that a calculator is indispensable here. The answer to the riddle is simple: out of 13 matches, you can put the word "meter".
This riddle is a joke. Put four matches in front of the child and ask if he can make three out of four. I wonder what ideas will be born in his little head? In fact, the answer is simple: you need to add the number 3 from four matches.
411
Make the number 411 from the matches and have the child place a number greater than 411 by moving only two matches. The result should be 771 or 1111.
