Games
This is a game for two players.
The object of the game:
Be the first person to make a square.
Rules:
Players take turns to choose a dot on the grid.
The winner is the first player to choose four dots that can be joined to form a square.
Player one is blue and player two is red.
Here is a picture showing a completed game won by blue:
Squares can be any size, and can be tilted like the one in the picture.
Play the game a few times.
Once you have a strategy, you could try playing on different sized grids.
Source: nrich.maths.org/solvingtogether
Categories: Elementary