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Original piles: First move: You move 7 pieces from the pile containing 11 pieces (left side) and add them to the 7 (middle pile ). Second move: You move 6 pieces from the pile that contains 14 pieces right now (middle pile) to the 6 (on the right). Third move: Move 4 cubes from the pile that contains 12 pieces right now (on the right side) to the 4 (on the left side). You are done ! Each pile now contains 8 pieces after 3 moves.

Place three piles of matches (coins, or something small, that you can group together easily) on the table. Make one pile with 11 matches, the second one with 7 matches, and the third one with 6 matches. You are to move matches so that each pile contains 8 matches. You can add to any pile only as many matches as it already contains, and all the matches must come from one other pile. For example: If a pile contains 3 matches, you can add 3 to it, no more no less. You have THREE

One of my 9th grade students brought me this problem last week. The teacher asked them to estimate the five angles of a star. I thought it was a nice problem so I worked out a proof for it. This is what I'd like to share below. #proof #math

One possible solution. Original: Step one: Step two: Step three: #puzzle

One of my most dedicated students has been putting tremendous effort into understanding math and practice. She is asking questions, making notes as I suggested to her, and she is building her own confidence with my guidance. The first test in the new year made her happy ... and me too :) #math #testscores

Moving Checkers Place 6 checkers on a table in a row, alternating them black, white, black, white, and so on as shown. Leave a vacant place large enough for 4 checkers on the left. Move the checkers so that all the white ones will end on the left, followed by all the black ones. The checkers must be moved in pairs, taking 2 adjacent checkers at a time, withouth switching their order, and sliding them to a vacant place. To solve this problem, only 3 such moves are necessary. H