Questions tagged [dominoes]
A puzzle that involves tiles (or the concept of tiles) in the shape of 2x1 rectangles, divided into 2 squares, each containing 0 to 6 spots. It may require knowledge of general rules of the game, Dominos, or it may simply use the number of spots, on the tiles, as clues for a solution.
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Tile dominoes in a 3x10 space [closed]
How many ways are there to tile 1x2 (unmarked) dominoes in a 3x10 space?
This is a harder version of Tile dominoes in a 2x10 space, since that was too easy.
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Progressive matrix of dominoes
Here is another unsolved puzzle from Reddit. What is the pattern on the final domino?
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Tile 1x2 dominoes in a 2x10 space
How many ways are there to tile unmarked 1x2 dominoes in a 2x10 space?
Bonus: What if the dominoes were identical and had pips on their front (face-up), so they could be distinguished by 180 degree ...
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Tiling a chessboard
Say I have an eleven by eleven chessboard, so there's 121 squares total. I remove the centermost piece so there's 120 pieces. I want to tile the chessboard with 1x4 or 4x1 pieces in a way that none of ...
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Friday's Fujisan Problem
Four Shinto Priests have traveled from their various prefectures in pilgrimage
to the top of Mount Fuji. You must find pathways for them to move up and down
the mountain until they can all achieve the ...
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Wednesday's Fujisan Problem
Four Shinto Priests have traveled from their various prefectures in pilgrimage
to the top of Mount Fuji. You must find pathways for them to move up and down
the mountain until they can all achieve the ...
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Monday's Fujisan Problem
Four Shinto Priests have traveled from their various prefectures in pilgrimage
to the top of Mount Fuji. You must find pathways for them to move up and down
the mountain until they can all achieve the ...
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Friday's Capturing Donimoes Problem
I just published my Donimoes collection of new games and puzzles as a book, so
I'm celebrating by posting a few bonus problems this week. The puzzle is
Capturing Donimoes, which I designed to feel ...
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Wednesday's Capturing Donimoes Problem
I just published my Donimoes collection of new games and puzzles as a book, so
I'm celebrating by posting a few bonus problems this week. The puzzle is
Capturing Donimoes, which I designed to feel ...
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Monday's Capturing Donimoes Problem
I just published my Donimoes collection of new games and puzzles as a book, so
I'm celebrating by posting some bonus problems this week.
Capturing Donimoes is a puzzle I designed to feel like a safari ...
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No-Luck Riomino
Kris Burm's Riomino (or Tashkent Domino) is played with 25 identical dice that look like this:
The actual rules are as follows.
Each player rolls 12 dice that then serve as their "dominos" ...
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Divide a board into two pieces without cutting a domino
Saw this question in the book, "A Moscow Math circle" by Dorichenko.
Eighteen 2x1 dominoes cover a 6x6 board without overlapping each other or the sides of the board.
Prove that, for any ...
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Friday's Bee Donimoes Problem
A swarm of dice bring nectar back to the hive from a domino garden. I just
finished adding a new puzzle race game to Donimoes, my collection of domino
puzzles and games, so I thought I would post a ...
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Wednesday's Bee Donimoes Problem
A swarm of dice bring nectar back to the hive from a domino garden. I just
finished adding a new puzzle race game to Donimoes, my collection of domino
puzzles and games, so I thought I would post a ...
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Monday's Bee Donimoes Problem
A swarm of dice bring nectar back to the hive from a domino garden. I just
finished adding a new puzzle race game to Donimoes, my collection of domino
puzzles and games, so I thought I would post a ...
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