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Mind benders - answers

1

Slide the horizontal straw to the right then move the top left straw to the bottom right.

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3

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3

2

Remove the matches numbered 1,2 and 3

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5

Remove the vertical match from the + sign and place it after the = sign.

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Answer 204. There is no need to count  every square: you just need to know your square numbers. 64 + 49 + 36 + 25 + 16 + 9 + 4 + 1= 204. So if it was 9x9 you would just add 81 to the total.

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7

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9

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Answer 3 moves

Move ball 1 and place above balls 4 and 5

Move ball 2 and place to the left of ball 7

Move ball 3 to the right of ball 9

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