Moving Counter Puzzles 133If you place these, say, on AA, they must, in the end, be found in the corre-
sponding positions BB. Where will you place them?
- ODDS AND EVENS
Place eight counters in a pile on the middle circle so that they shall be in
proper numerical order, with 1 on the top and 8 at the bottom. It is required
to transfer 1, 3, 5, 7 to the circle marked ODDS, and 2, 4, 6, 8 to the circle
marked EVENS. You can only move one counter at a time from circle to
circle, and you must never place a number on a smaller number, nor an odd
and an even number together on the same circle. That is to say, you may