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Two Lessons: Frog Leap and Beach Ball

By Fawn | Published: September 28, 2012

I call it Frog Leap but you may know this common game as Stepping Stones or Traffic Jam. NRICH has a nice interactive applet. The challenge is for the 3 boys and 3 girls to switch places in the FEWEST moves possible. A legal “move” is each person can jump onto an adjacent empty space or jump […]

Posted in Algebra, Course 1 (6th Grade Math), Geometry, Problem Solving | Also tagged Francis Su, frog leaps, Mudd Math Fun Facts, Pizza Slices theorem, stepping stones, traffic jam | 2 Responses

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