Arrange the ornaments in the box so that no more than
three are in any line horizontally, vertically or diagonally.

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	Teacher, do your students have one to one access to computers? Whether your students each have a TabletPC or share a desktop PC, this activity lends itself to eLearning (Engaged Learning).

Here's the URL which will take
them to a student version of this activity.

www.transum.org/go/?to=Xmas

OR

Investigate other sized ornament boxes using a spreadsheet.

Use "1" to represent an ornament in the box.

Set up row and column totals to check whether your solution is correct