338 Answers- COUNTER SOLITAIRE
Play in the following manner and all the counters except one will be
removed in seven moves, and the final leap will be made by number 1, as re-
quired: 2-10,4-12,6-5,3-6,7-15 (8-16,8-7,8-14, 8-3), (1-9, 1-2, 1-11,
1-8, 1-13, 1-4).- A NEW LEAP-FROG PUZZLE
Play 9 over 13, 14,6,4,3,1,2,7,15, 17, 16,11. Play 12 over 8. Play 10 over 5
and 12. Play 9 over 10.
370. TRANSFERRING THE COUNTERS
Make a pile of five counters (1 to 5) on B in 9 moves. Make a pile of four
(6 to 9) on C in 7 moves. Make a pile of three (10 to 12) on D in 5 moves.
Make a pile of two (13 and 14) on E in 3 moves. Place one (15) on F in 1
move. Replace 13 and 14 on F in 3, 10 to 12 on F in 5, 6 to 9 in 7, and I to 5
in 9 moves. Forty-nine moves in all.- MAGIC FIFTEEN PUZZLE
Move the counters in the following order: 12, 8,4, 3, 2, 6, 10, 9, 13, 15, 14,
12, 8, 4, 7, 10, 9, 14, 12, 8, 4, 7, 10, 9,6, 2, 3, 10, 9, 6, 5, 1, 2, 3, 6, 5, 3, 2, 1,
13, 14, 3, 2, 1, 13, 14, 3, 12, 15, 3-fifty moves in all.
[If the 14 and 15 counters are in correct serial order at the start, a magic
square can be achieved in 37 moves: IS, 14, 10, 6, 7, 3, 2, 7, 6, 11, 3,2, 7, 6,
11, 10, 14,3,2, 11, 10,9,5, 1,6, 10,9,5, 1,6, 10,9, 5,2, 12, 15, 3.-M. G.]
- TRANSFERRING THE COUNTERS
The two additional counters should be placed one on the fourth square in
the second row from the top and the other in the second square in the fourth
row. The puzzle is then quite possible, and so easy that it is quite unnecessary
to give all the moves.