E Brainteaser

I lately ran across a new-to-me encephalon teaser that I directly knew I *had* to do for my classroom. An excerpt of the mass Quests together with Quandaries: Exploring Intellectual Interests inwards Depth showed upward inwards my google search results. It was through this excerpt that I discovered this delightful puzzler.


Students are given newspaper cut-outs of the letters C, E, together with L. They are tasked amongst using all iii letters (no overlapping allowed) to do a novel missive of the alphabet E. 


This tin hold upward achieved without flipping whatever of the pieces over, together with therefore this volition brand a perfect magnetic puzzle to lay upward on my classroom's dry out erase board. 


The writer of the mass poses this every moment a means to bring students do the problem-solving strategy of "Change Your Perspective." Because the mass poses the inquiry together with directly shares the solution (I gauge it is a teacher's guide...), I didn't learn a run a jeopardy to endeavour to solve this puzzle on my own.

I did give the puzzle to my hubby to tackle to encounter how he would handgrip it. He tried many dissimilar configurations amongst lilliputian success. I ended upward having to give him a hint. Once I did this, he directly constitute the answer.

You tin download the file to recreate this puzzle here every moment both an editable Publisher file together with non-editable PDF. 

Normally, I never post service puzzle answers on my blog, merely I intend I volition brand an exception for this i since the linked PDF gives the respond away every moment well. I've posted a pic of the solution at the link inwards a higher house inwards a folder titled SOLUTION.

If you're going to piece of occupation this amongst students, I would definitely recommend solving it yourself or taking a await at the solution earlier presenting it inwards class!

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