Match Fish

A Maths Starter of The Day

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By moving just three matches can you make it look as though the fish is swimming to the left?
Matchstick Puzzle

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Use your pens and pencils instead of match sticks.

 

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Keywords: Starter | Problem Solving | Puzzles | Shape | Symmetry

  • Luke Seymour, Sheffield Park Academy
  • Wednesday, May 23, 2007
  • "Can you make a supermarket by moving 1 match?

    PLACE 16 MATCHES TO CREATE 4 SQUARES 2 top, 2 bottom

    move one so it spells CO OP"
  • , Whitly Bay High
  • Thursday, March 11, 2010
  • "This was a good starter it got the children thinking."
  • Miss Star, Newport Middle
  • Sunday, May 30, 2010
  • "The kids enjoyed it they found it out in around 20 mins they wanted to do it again and again !"

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Here is the short URL which will take you to an interactive version of some other matchstick puzzles.

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