Try It Tuesday - Nov 29, 2022

Here is our Tuesday Puzzle:

Explain your reasoning, and if you want to link your picture, use www.postimage.org but be sure to use alt-text. 

Source: https://www.youcubed.org/tasks/taxicab/

Comments

Brooke and all,

This is a very intriguing puzzle!

It looks like part of the directions are cut off. Should they say, "You can only move directly to the right or directly [down]?

If those are the directions, I wondered if there was an easier way to solve this problem. I tried to see how many ways there would be to go in a 2 x 2 square. I came up with 5. Did I miss any? (The numbers with the lines show how many squares I moved):

Looking forward to hearing everyone's thoughts,

Steve