1220 /www/nrich/html/content/00/02/game3/ 2 2011-02-01T00:00:01 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <mdoxml version="1.0"><br></br> <p>To play the game, take cards alternately. You win if you get all the occurrences of the same letter. (e.g. AN, ON and LINE contain all occurrences of the letter N)</p> <p>Can you devise a strategy so that you never lose?</p> <p>Can you explain your strategy?</p> <center><mdo:flash height="320" id="/content/00/02/game3/online.swf" width="390"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"></param><param name="movie" value="online.swf"></param> <param name="quality" value="high"></param> <param name="bgcolor" value="#DCE7ED"></param> </mdo:flash></center> <p>You can print these cards out to play if you like.</p> <table style="border-spacing:10px;" border=""> <tbody> <tr> <td align="center" width="50" style="padding:30px;"><strong>EAT</strong></td> <td align="center" width="50" style="padding:30px;"><strong>AN</strong></td> <td align="center" width="50" style="padding:30px;"><strong>LAF</strong></td> <td align="center" width="50" style="padding:30px;"><strong>IT</strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" width="50" style="padding:30px;"><strong>LINE</strong></td> <td align="center" width="50" style="padding:30px;"><strong>IF</strong></td> <td align="center" width="50" style="padding:30px;"><strong>LOT</strong></td> <td align="center" width="50" style="padding:30px;"><strong>ON</strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" width="50" style="padding:30px;"><strong>FOE</strong></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>Look at all of these games. What do you notice about the strategies they employ?</p> <ul> <li><a href="../public/viewer.php?obj_id=1224">Noughts and Crosses</a></li> <li>Online</li> <li><a href="../public/viewer.php?obj_id=1223">Fifteen</a></li> <li><a href="../public/viewer.php?obj_id=1230">Jam</a></li> </ul> <p>We suggest tackling them in the order given.</p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://nrich.maths.org/public/viewer.php?obj_id=5006&amp;part=">Click here for a poster of this problem</a>.</p> <br></br></mdoxml> 2 3 0 0 1 0 0 A game for 2 players that can be played online. Players take it in turns to select a word from the 9 words given. The aim is to select all the occurrences of the same letter. Using, Applying and Reasoning about Mathematics Selecting and using information Using, Applying and Reasoning about Mathematics Games Using, Applying and Reasoning about Mathematics Mathematical reasoning & proof Information and Communications Technology Interactivities