Matchstick PuzzlesSterling Publishing Company, Inc., 2006 - 224 páginas The common wooden matchstick, with its brightly colored tip and sturdy box, has inspired tricks and puzzles ever since it was invented. Here’s a collection of the most baffling matchstick puzzles of all time, from the six riddles of the nine squares to the astonishing effect of the matchstick telegraph. Can you build a bridge with just two matches? Can you balance matchstick equations? Can you calculate how many matches you would need to cover the distance from the earth to the moon? With a rating of easy, medium, or difficult for each puzzle and illustrations showing colorful matchbox covers from around the world, this fascinating potpourri of brain-benders will provide hours of amusement for young and old alike. |
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12 matches AUSTRIA center match centra Chain Puzzle COURTESY OF BLANDFORD create three equal DRAVA equation valid EUROPESE ORGANISATIE EXCELLA EXCELLA ORGANISATION EUROPÉENNE fare dodger figure figure on page five squares Former Republic FORTUNE MATCH Four Move four Four Rhomboids four squares FOYLE MATCH COMPANY-(0504 Japan KESKIMAARIN 50 KPL KESKO OY KESKIMAARIN KESKO OY MEDELTAL Magic Four Magic Hexagon Magic Squares Match Cube Match Magic Match Move Match Science Match Star Matchbox matches and leave matches and move matches to create MEDELTAL 50 ST Mercedes-Benz Missing Match Move five matches Move four matches Move one match Move only four Move six matches Move three matches Move two matches Mysterious Eight Mysterious Four Netherlands nine matches Number ORGANISATIE EXCELLA ORGANISATION Remove six matches Remove three matches Republic of Yugoslavia Seven Simple Solutions-Number SOLO SAFETY MATCHES Square Series-B squares are left Swap Places SWEDEN three equal squares Triangular Problems VLINDER Yugoslavia