Solve the maze by moving from the entrance marked START
to the goal in the center (where the question mark is),
using no path more than once and never backtracking.
When you reach a mathematical operation, recalculate your
running score; it must always be a positive whole number.
For example, you begin with a total of 2 as shown in the
entrance. If you next go left to the x3, your running total
would be 6. But if you went right to x2, your running
total would be 4.
You may submit your solution in the form:
2 x4 -5 /3 ... x6 = 18
showing each operation and the final answer.
HINT: In order to reach the goal, your number must be either
a perfect square or a multiple of 13.
Solution to the Problem:
2 x2 +7 -2 x5 /3 x5 +8 -5 /13 = 6
Chad Fore submitted another solution to the maze that I didn't see:
2 x3 -2 +6 +6 -2 +7 +10 x5 +9 -2 +7 /13 = 13
Correctly solved by:
| 1. Blace Martin |
Mountain View High School, Mountain View, Wyoming |
| 2. Chad Fore | Gate City, Virginia |
| 3. McKinna Salsbury |
Mountain View High School, Mountain View, Wyoming |
| 4. Halee Salsbury |
Mountain View High School, Mountain View, Wyoming |
| 5. Cami Micheli |
Mountain View High School, Mountain View, Wyoming |
| 6. Josey Pitts |
Mountain View High School, Mountain View, Wyoming |
| 7. Felicia Lopez |
Mountain View High School, Mountain View, Wyoming |
| 8. Erin Watson |
Mountain View High School, Mountain View, Wyoming |
| 9. Christian Hutter | Taylor, Michigan |
| 10. Karsten Hauf |
Mountain View High School, Mountain View, Wyoming |
| 11. Alex Kubinski | Taylor, Michigan |