Today Matthew, Noah, Harlen and Eddie had a go at a maths puzzle. They had to use 9 counters, 3 red, 3 blue and 3 yellow. They had to place them on the grid so that each colour only appeared once in each row and once in each column. They had to persevere and put their problem solving to the test! As they completed the grid they found that sometimes they had to swap counters around a little bit. They all managed to complete it and are now able to teach other Kohara children how to do it. Next time they are going to grow their brain by trying it with four colours on a 4x4 grid.
You could try this at home by drawing up a grid. You could use counters, game pieces, buttons or even bits of paper coloured in to make the counters. As long as you have three groups of three things the same it doesn't matter what you use. Leave us a comment if you have a go and let us know how you went. Did you have to think like a mathematician?
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