Math Puzzle of the Month**** Magic Squares ****
Forming magic squares with dominoes is an old recreation. A square in magic if all rows, columns, and the two main diagonals have the same sum. Can you find 8 dominoes in a regular set of 28 dominoes so that if you lay two dominoes in the first row with length horizontal, four dominoes in the second row with lengths vertical, and two dominoes in the last row with length horizontal, all rows, columns, and the main diagonals sum to ten?Answer to the Squash Ball Problem. Copyright © 1995 - Present, SSmyrl |
