Batch 3 - Class 161 - Game of LAP

Pre-Class Exercise

(536Henry: Problem 51) "Between two and three oclock yesterday," said Colonel Crackham, "I looked at the clock and mistook the minute hand for the hour hand, and consequently the time appeared to be fifty-five minutes earlier than it actually was. What was the correct time?"

Attendance Siddhanth, Arjun

Class puzzles

Game of LAP: This is a 2 player game. Each player gets a 8x8 grid drawn on piece of paper.

Each person divides their grid into four regions, each connected. One player's grid is not shown to the second player. An example is shown below

Now the players take turn to ask clues by asking for region mix of a 4x4 cell. For example, in the above grid, a player may ask EF34, which refers to cells E3, E4, F3, F4. The answer to this question is one I, three III.
The player who can guess the entire region divide for the other player first wins.

Play the game. Then discuss strategies both for designing the grid, and for the clues one should ask for.

Homework Problem:

There are three jugs of capacity 3 liters, 5 liters and 8 liters. The first two are empty and the third one is full. Can you divide the water between two people, each getting 4 liters

References:

A Gamut of Games, Sid Sackson

536 Puzzles and Curious Problems, Henry Dudeney