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| - | ======Project: | + | ======Project: |
| - | =====Objective===== | + | =====Part 1: 4x4 easy-level difficulty logic-grid puzzle===== |
| - | To apply your skills in the solving of a logic puzzle. | + | |
| - | =====Grid-Based Puzzle===== | + | ====Objective==== |
| + | To apply your skills in the solving of a logic puzzle. We're going to start with a 4x4 grid size, on the easiest level of difficulty, to aid you in getting started and acclimated to this style of puzzle. Each week there will be a new puzzle with gradually increasing resolution and/or difficulty. | ||
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| + | ====Grid-Based Puzzle | ||
| Some things to keep in mind when solving this type of puzzle: | Some things to keep in mind when solving this type of puzzle: | ||
| * no selection in any category can be used more than once | * no selection in any category can be used more than once | ||
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| * Some print out the puzzle and complete it in pencil; others load the image into some sort of image/paint program and use the " | * Some print out the puzzle and complete it in pencil; others load the image into some sort of image/paint program and use the " | ||
| * From experience, especially with any new or less familiar activity, the more manual you make the process and perform it **by hand**, the more improvement you will reap over time | * From experience, especially with any new or less familiar activity, the more manual you make the process and perform it **by hand**, the more improvement you will reap over time | ||
| - | * Be sure to cross-reference! Sometimes you'll get " | + | * Be sure to cross-reference! Sometimes you'll get " |
| * Be aware of your units, and how they progress; provided clues will often play off the patterned ordering of the units | * Be aware of your units, and how they progress; provided clues will often play off the patterned ordering of the units | ||
| * Once you have fully exhausted a clue, cross it out to aid you in focusing on the clues that still need resolution | * Once you have fully exhausted a clue, cross it out to aid you in focusing on the clues that still need resolution | ||
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| + | Remember, keeping track of what has been eliminated is just as important as tracking what has been identified. A lot of trouble or "dead ends" have emerged when people were not keeping full inventory on grid box eliminations. | ||
| Please do endeavor to put forth original, honest effort in the solving of these puzzles, by hand; the process will help foster and solidify many analytical reasoning skills that will influence and improve your logic and programming skills. Improvements won't happen overnight, but through consistent practice, by the end of the semester you should start reaping the benefits of such an activity. | Please do endeavor to put forth original, honest effort in the solving of these puzzles, by hand; the process will help foster and solidify many analytical reasoning skills that will influence and improve your logic and programming skills. Improvements won't happen overnight, but through consistent practice, by the end of the semester you should start reaping the benefits of such an activity. | ||
| - | =====Puzzle Backstory===== | + | ====Puzzle Backstory==== |
| It is formal night on the top deck of the "Ruby Rose" cruise ship, and a group of long-time passengers are seated at the captain' | It is formal night on the top deck of the "Ruby Rose" cruise ship, and a group of long-time passengers are seated at the captain' | ||
| - | =====Puzzle===== | ||
| - | {{ : | + | ====Puzzle==== |
| - | =====Clues===== | + | {{ : |
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| + | ====Clues==== | ||
| - Of **Kathy** and the traveler who went to **Jamaica**, | - Of **Kathy** and the traveler who went to **Jamaica**, | ||
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| - The person who went to **Aruba** set sail **1 year** //after// the person who took the **Baroness** cruise. | - The person who went to **Aruba** set sail **1 year** //after// the person who took the **Baroness** cruise. | ||
| - **Francis** is //either// the traveler who took the **1986** cruise //or// the traveler who took the **1983** cruise. | - **Francis** is //either// the traveler who took the **1986** cruise //or// the traveler who took the **1983** cruise. | ||
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| + | =====Part 2: Letter Division Puzzle===== | ||
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| + | ====Objective==== | ||
| + | Logic grids are not the only form of logic puzzle; here is another one that relies heavily on logic and reasoning in order to sift through. | ||
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| + | A letter division puzzle is one where the numbers 0-9 have been replaced with various letters of the alphabet; it is your task to determine what number each letter maps to, and report that to me in the project submission. | ||
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| + | ====Letter Division Puzzle Strategies==== | ||
| + | Some things to keep in mind when solving this type of puzzle: | ||
| + | * take copious notes | ||
| + | * jot down patterns and observations | ||
| + | * perform tests to prove or disprove a relationship | ||
| + | * look for any " | ||
| + | * try to identify the non-borrows, | ||
| + | * write out relationships so that you can keep track of them, things like: | ||
| + | * A < B << C | ||
| + | * I use the single less than to denote a direct neighbor (A is one less than B), and the double less than sign to denote general less than-ness (we know that B is less than C, but we do not know how much it is less than C). | ||
| + | * use " | ||
| + | * I will also write out each letter and all the numbers it could be, erasing eliminated values along the way. Sometimes you will arrive at an association through this method. | ||
| + | * For example: | ||
| + | * A = { 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 } | ||
| + | * B = { 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 } | ||
| + | * and so on for each letter. If we were to determine that B is not 9, erase it from B's number set. That way, when we're hunting for possible candidates for 9 (for example), we can directly rule out B | ||
| + | * sometimes you can derive important clues from the multiplication aspect of the puzzle (especially finding the occasional dead-ringer for 0 or 1) | ||
| + | * don't rely on just one method: use all of these methods. With different puzzles you will find differing levels of values with each method (but in general, I find the more methods I use the easier the overall puzzle becomes) | ||
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| + | As I said: For this sort of problem, you will likely want to take notes; all the various little tests you concoct to prove or disprove some relationship can be important in the bigger picture. This may also take a bit longer and seem more overwhelming (especially at first), but really, it is just longhand math :) Remember to attack the problem in pieces, and not head-on all-at-once. | ||
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| + | Practice some similar math problems to derive patterns so that the seemingly unfamiliar letters performing math can start to make more sense. | ||
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| + | ====Puzzle==== | ||
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| + | < | ||
| + | ART | ||
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| + | LUAU | RAISINS | ||
| + | -RRILI | ||
| + | ===== | ||
| + | RBIBN | ||
| + | - LUAU | ||
| + | ===== | ||
| + | INUSS | ||
| + | -ILTRN | ||
| + | ===== | ||
| + | STZ | ||
| + | </ | ||
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| + | ^ number ^ 0 ^ 1 ^ 2 ^ 3 ^ 4 ^ 5 ^ 6 ^ 7 ^ 8 ^ 9 | | ||
| + | | letter | | | | | | | | | | | | ||
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| =====Submission===== | =====Submission===== | ||
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