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The Substitute Teacher

Coin Puzzles
Alternate Coin Puzzle



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Arrange 4 nickels and 4 pennies alternately in a row, as shown in the drawing. The puzzle is to move any 2 adjacent coins and in 4 such moves bring all the pennies together at one end of the row and all the nickels together at the other end of the row.

Puzzle Solution


CREDITS: Fun with Puzzles by Joseph Leeming, Spencer Press, Inc., Chicago MCMXLVI