This week we’ve started on a series of six James Bond themed Christmassy maths puzzles. All taken from this amazing website. Puzzles include Licence to Fill, Safe Cracker and Code Breaker.
Month: December 2016
Counting Chickens
On a special farm chickens live in circular fields, separated by fence posts and straight pieces of fencing
Is there a pattern between the number of fence posts and the maximum number of chickens that can be kept?
Are you sure? How do you know?
Can you explain why?
Hint: The answer when you have 6 posts is not what you might think!
When you have had a play around with this problem you might like to read this article or check out this solution.