Grid Investigation

 

1) Is it possible on the simplest grid (12 matches) to arrange the matches so that rows columns and diagonals are equal?  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2) With the 24 match grid it is possible to equalise rows, columns and diagonals. Keeping the rows and columns equal find out how the diagonals can be arranged to have the same number of heads. What is the largest number of heads, what is the smallest that can lie in both diagonals?

 

 

 

 

 

 

3) Investigate the 4 by 4 grid with 40 matches. Can you equalise rows, columns and diagonals?  Keeping the rows and columns equal what values can be in the diagonals?

 

Notes on Investigation