Friday, November 2, 2007

Can You Solve the Danceline Jigsaw Puzzle?

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Scatter the Danceline in this online jigsaw puzzle
and then put them back together again!
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Jigsaw Puzzle - n.
A puzzle consisting of a mass of irregularly shaped pieces of cardboard, plastic, or wood that form a picture when fitted together. Also called picture puzzle.
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According to an article at answers.com, the origin of the word puzzle is unknown. It is acepted however that the first jigsaw puzzles were made in the 1760s by European cartographer John Spilbury. "In 1762, Spilbury hit upon the idea of gluing maps onto thin mahogany and cedar panels and cutting them up with a fine marquetry saw. He marketed the results of efforts and they became quite popular."
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If the Danceline jigsaw puzzle is not challenging enough, try this:
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A Danceline member had to pack a sack of apples into packets but as each packet had to have exactly the same number of apples she was having difficulty. If she packed 10 apples per packet, one packet only had 9. If she packed 9 apples per packet, one packet only had 8. If she packed 8 apples per packet, one packet only had 7. If she packed 7 apples per packet, one packet only had 6. And so on down to 2 apples. How many apples did she start with?
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You can leave your answer in the comment section below...

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