Lovers of charades call the box of matches "the box of puzzles." A handful of wooden sticks of the same size are an extremely handy toolkit for logic puzzles. How to make another from one figure, removing several components? Where to rearrange the matches to get only two out of several squares? These and many other puzzles perfectly develop the thinking of children and become an exciting pastime for adults.
It is necessary
- - Matchbox;
- - notebook and pencil.
Instructions
Step 1
Try making a square of matches by placing two pieces on each side of the rectangle. Place a cross of four sticks inside - it will split the figure into equal parts. You will need twelve matches in total. Here is a template for many puzzles.
Step 2
Remove the top match that makes up the cross from the original lattice shape. Then - a stick perpendicular to it. It turned out one large square, in the left right corner of which there is a second, small one. Your manipulations will become the answer to the riddle: "How to remove two matches (without touching the rest) so that from five (one outer and four inner) squares you get two?"
Step 3
Think about how else you can transform the original shape by removing or rearranging a certain number of its elements. Try to build the quadrangles in different ways - so you can come up with an interesting puzzle yourself.
Step 4
For example, the condition of the problem from point # 2 can be constantly changed: a) "How to rearrange three matches to make three out of five squares"; b) "How to shift four matches so that two come out of five squares", etc.
Step 5
Match puzzles are interesting because each of them seems complicated at first glance. However, the solution is very simple. So, try to fulfill the condition of the problem from point 4, subparagraph a).
Step 6
It is enough to remove a pair of matches that make up the upper left right corner of the original figure; stick from its lower right side. From three removed matches, a new square is attached to one of the lower sides of the original figure. Three small quadrangles came out, arranged in a checkerboard pattern.
Step 7
Solve the rest of the puzzles. To fulfill the condition of subparagraph b), take the matches that make up a cross inside a large square, and build a small quadrangle from them inside or next to the original figure.
Step 8
Make a lattice of nine squares (it will already contain twenty-four matches). Try to remove eight matches to get an inner square in the outer one. Or remove four matches from the middle of each side of the original lattice - you get a "checkerboard", five small quadrangles.
Step 9
Fold four squares out of sixteen matches. How to get five of the same figures out of them, placing the matches differently? Just connect the squares with corners to form another, inner, quadrangle between them.
Step 10
Build a zigzag of twenty-four sticks: four matches horizontally; moving down from one match; four more horizontally laid sticks, etc.). Now try to build an outer square (sixteen components) and an inner one (eight sticks) from this broken line.
Step 11
Continue to gradually complicate the actions of the problems with matches, building more complex shapes with more components. The fun of the puzzles depends on your imagination and logic.
