Maths Challenge Notebook

Year 7 Challenge

 

Year 8 Challenge

DELIVER THE GOODS

In Gridlock City the pizza boy must make five deliveries from the pizza shop located at point 1 to five other locations (2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 as shown). The blocks in Gridlock City are all of the same size. What will be his best route starting from the pizza shop and returning again, visiting each location just once but in any order?

Here's a suggested approach for you to try; Work out the minimum distances between each set of locations, then find out which route will allow you to visit them all in the smallest taxicab distance.

 

The Winners

Year 8 

10/03/10 Daniel Martin-Thompson

02/03/10 Daniel Bingham

02/02/10 Daniel Martin-Thompson

26/01/10 3 entries, unfortunately all wrong

22/12/09 Jack Sharpe

15/12/09 Daniel Martin-Thompson

09/12/09 Daniel Martin-Thompson

02/12/09 Harry Smith

24/11/09 Harry Smith

17/11/09 Daniel Martin-Thompson

05/11/09 Tom Shawcroft

22/10/09 Joseph Cresswell

15/10/09 No winner -- Closest was Daniel Martin-Thompson

08/10/09 Daniel Martin-Thompson

Year 7

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02/03/10 Alex Saxton

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15/12/09 Alex Saxton

09/12/09 Alex Saxton

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24/11/09 No winner -- closest was Alex Saxton

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15/10/09 Elisabeth Atkinson

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