Maze

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Beginning at the "Start" flag with 100 on your calculator. What is the largest and smallest total you can end up with at the "End" flag. You can only travel in the direction of the arrows.

 

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Answers

Here are the totals obtained by following different routes through the maze:

100 x 1.4 x 0.2 x 2 x 1.2 = 67.2
100 x 1.4 x 1.5 x 1.2 = 252
100 x 1.4 x 0.4 x 0.6 x 1.2 = 40.32
100 x 1.4 x 0.4 x 0.6 = 33.6
100 x 1.4 x 0.4 x 0.1 x 4 = 22.4
100 x 4 x 0.6 x 1.2 = 288
100 x 4 x 0.6 = 240
100 x 4 x 0.1 x 4 = 160
100 x 0.4 x 5 x 0.6 x 1.2 = 144
100 x 0.4 x 5 x 0.6 = 120
100 x 0.4 x 5 x 0.1 x 4 = 80
100 x 0.4 x 1 x 4 = 160
100 x 0.4 x 0.3 x 0.2 x 4 = 9.6

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