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| Gifts for David |
Solving mathematical and recreational puzzles have always been a fun pursuit to me, and scribbling solutions to puzzles that I had come across was often a great way to keep myself busy. Interestingly enough, I also realized that making puzzles is also a very fun pursuit. There are some creative people , like Scott Kim, who have made a career out of simply that: creating puzzles for a living! Cool! So, here is a very simple and somewhat interesting puzzle that I came up with and shared with my 9-year-old son a short while ago. It is pretty easy to solve. So, I have a follow up question to make it a bit more challenging once you have solved the easier version. It goes like this:
