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mathematics teaching 10 ~ 16

Showing posts with label tower of hanoi. Show all posts
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Thursday, 10 May 2012

tower of hanoi










for four disks the15 moves are:



what patterns are there in the moves of each colour disk?

try to develop a code or procedure for the moves to complete the puzzle - how could you remember how to do the puzzle?

















three disks
three spikes

try to string together a sequence of 7 states (plus the first) to complete the puzzle