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1. The document discusses puzzles and their benefits. Puzzles challenge the mind and stimulate thinking to find solutions. They have been around as long as language and some of the earliest date back to ancient Mesopotamia. 2. Puzzles can be viewed as one-player games where the solver makes moves to find a solution according to the rules. They help develop problem solving and other skills in children such as fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination. 3. Examples of puzzles are provided with missing numbers to solve. The answers are given at the end.

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Puzzles

1. The document discusses puzzles and their benefits. Puzzles challenge the mind and stimulate thinking to find solutions. They have been around as long as language and some of the earliest date back to ancient Mesopotamia. 2. Puzzles can be viewed as one-player games where the solver makes moves to find a solution according to the rules. They help develop problem solving and other skills in children such as fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination. 3. Examples of puzzles are provided with missing numbers to solve. The answers are given at the end.

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PUZZLES

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INTRODUCTION

Puzzles is any problem that challenges the
mind, stimulates thinking for potential solutions and
provides a rewarding experience upon solving a puzzles
are reflection of the human tendency toward curiosity
and may be as old as language . The earliest puzzles in
history dates to the 2
nd
millennium BC on the middle
east.
Puzzles as one player games ,One quite useful
way to view mathematical puzzles is as games where
only one person ( the person playing the game) make
moves. We can borrow all of theoretical tools of game
theory to analyze puzzles. Mathematical puzzles make up
an integral part of recreational mathematics. They have
specific rules as do multiplayer games, but they do not
usually involve competition between two or more player
instead to solve such a puzzles the solver must find a
solution that the game condition.
Puzzles can be grouped into three broad
class; riddles &word puzzles, mathematical & logical puzzles,
and physical& mechanical puzzles.



OBJECTIVES OF THE PUZZLES

1. Puzzles considered helping to childs mental
development.
2. Puzzles provide that key opportunity to children
learn to work directly with their environment and
change its shape and appearance when they work
with puzzles.
3. Puzzles provide the opportunity for children to
develop fine motor skills, like handwriting and other
important achievements.
4. Puzzles helpful for hand-eye coordination of the
children.
5. Puzzles provide the skill of effective problem solving
is a valuable and important one.
6. Puzzles helping to improving the memory power of
the children.
7. Puzzles helping the creative and critical thinking of
the children.




PUZZLES


1.
4 3 2
5 3 5 1 1
6 1 2 8 3 3 1
7 2 8 4 3
9 ? 3

What number replaces the question mark

2. 4 1

12 12 4
7 9 1 4

2

?
6 5
Which number replaces the question mark


3.

Which number replaces the question .
4.

7
11
13 17
?
?
25
36 49
64
What number replaces the question mark
5.

What number replaces the question mark




6. Find the number in the question mark in the
following figure.
3
5
13
22
8 ?






7.
9 1 5
4 8 3
2 ? 7


What number replaces the question mark.
7
3
4 2
9
3 2
8
?

8.
9 8 4
2
2 6 ?


What number replaces the question mark

9.

What number replaces the question mark
28
31
35
?

10.
1 5 13

29

61 125 ?

What number replaces the question mark









ANSWERS


1. 6
2. 9
3. 19
4. 16
5. 39
6. 4
7. 6
8. 7
9. 40
10.253

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