Questions tagged [dominoes]
A puzzle that involves tiles (or the concept of tiles) in the shape of 2x1 rectangles, divided into 2 squares, each containing 0 to 6 spots. It may require knowledge of general rules of the game, Dominos, or it may simply use the number of spots, on the tiles, as clues for a solution.
60
questions
2
votes
1
answer
129
views
Tile 1x2 dominoes in a 2x10 space
How many ways are there to tile unmarked 1x2 dominoes in a 2x10 space?
Bonus: What if the dominoes were identical and had pips on their front (face-up), so they could be distinguished by 180 degree ...
- 693
9
votes
3
answers
1k
views
Tiling a chessboard
Say I have an eleven by eleven chessboard, so there's 121 squares total. I remove the centermost piece so there's 120 pieces. I want to tile the chessboard with 1x4 or 4x1 pieces in a way that none of ...
- 203
2
votes
2
answers
142
views
Friday's Fujisan Problem
Four Shinto Priests have traveled from their various prefectures in pilgrimage
to the top of Mount Fuji. You must find pathways for them to move up and down
the mountain until they can all achieve the ...
- 2,572
3
votes
2
answers
210
views
Wednesday's Fujisan Problem
Four Shinto Priests have traveled from their various prefectures in pilgrimage
to the top of Mount Fuji. You must find pathways for them to move up and down
the mountain until they can all achieve the ...
- 2,572
9
votes
3
answers
347
views
Monday's Fujisan Problem
Four Shinto Priests have traveled from their various prefectures in pilgrimage
to the top of Mount Fuji. You must find pathways for them to move up and down
the mountain until they can all achieve the ...
- 2,572
2
votes
1
answer
90
views
Friday's Capturing Donimoes Problem
I just published my Donimoes collection of new games and puzzles as a book, so
I'm celebrating by posting a few bonus problems this week. The puzzle is
Capturing Donimoes, which I designed to feel ...
- 2,572
2
votes
1
answer
92
views
Wednesday's Capturing Donimoes Problem
I just published my Donimoes collection of new games and puzzles as a book, so
I'm celebrating by posting a few bonus problems this week. The puzzle is
Capturing Donimoes, which I designed to feel ...
- 2,572
7
votes
1
answer
185
views
Monday's Capturing Donimoes Problem
I just published my Donimoes collection of new games and puzzles as a book, so
I'm celebrating by posting some bonus problems this week.
Capturing Donimoes is a puzzle I designed to feel like a safari ...
- 2,572
2
votes
1
answer
215
views
No-Luck Riomino
Kris Burm's Riomino (or Tashkent Domino) is played with 25 identical dice that look like this:
The actual rules are as follows.
Each player rolls 12 dice that then serve as their "dominos" ...
- 6,954
2
votes
1
answer
209
views
Divide a board into two pieces without cutting a domino
Saw this question in the book, "A Moscow Math circle" by Dorichenko.
Eighteen 2x1 dominoes cover a 6x6 board without overlapping each other or the sides of the board.
Prove that, for any ...
- 2,679
1
vote
1
answer
115
views
Friday's Bee Donimoes Problem
A swarm of dice bring nectar back to the hive from a domino garden. I just
finished adding a new puzzle race game to Donimoes, my collection of domino
puzzles and games, so I thought I would post a ...
- 2,572
3
votes
1
answer
115
views
Wednesday's Bee Donimoes Problem
A swarm of dice bring nectar back to the hive from a domino garden. I just
finished adding a new puzzle race game to Donimoes, my collection of domino
puzzles and games, so I thought I would post a ...
- 2,572
4
votes
1
answer
153
views
Monday's Bee Donimoes Problem
A swarm of dice bring nectar back to the hive from a domino garden. I just
finished adding a new puzzle race game to Donimoes, my collection of domino
puzzles and games, so I thought I would post a ...
- 2,572
1
vote
1
answer
104
views
4-DominoBrane #002 "81"
Here is another domino puzzle.
This is considerably easier than puzzle set earlier this week, and definitely doesn’t need bifurcation.
This uses 4-Dominoes (all the normal dominoes, minus any with a 5 ...
- 929
1
vote
1
answer
136
views
4-DominoBrane Exclusive
Here is a smaller puzzle from the set of domino puzzles, I call DominoBrane.
This uses 4-Dominoes (all the normal dominoes, minus any with a 5 or a 6).
Each domino ...
- 929
4
votes
1
answer
193
views
DominoBrane - Chained Domino Fitting
So I've been working on a set of domino puzzles, I call DominoBrane recently, it's sort of similar to Dominosa - except that, unlike Dominosa, the rules of the ...
- 929
15
votes
5
answers
1k
views
Domino tiling on 8x8 checkerboard with four squares removed
I once posted this problem on the (now deleted) Area 51 Math Puzzles proposal. It was well-received there, but obviously I didn't get an answer. I still don't know the answer, and I'm not even sure if ...
- 11.5k
3
votes
3
answers
800
views
Sequence of domino tiles - next term's difference of pips
The problem is as follows:
A set of domino tiles is placed with one next to another as indicated in
the diagram below. If the upper half of the next piece is labeled x
and the lower half is labeled ...
- 1,535
1
vote
2
answers
344
views
Does a systematic way to solve a magic square made up of domino pieces exist?
I've found this problem in an older book which goes by the name of Logical aptitude circa 2019. It doesn't list any other markings. The thing is no matter how I attempt to look into it, I'm trapped in ...
- 1,535
23
votes
2
answers
531
views
Dominoroto-toto
Consider a domino tiling of a plane rectangle of size $n \times m$. (Obviously, at least one of $m$ and $n$ has to be even for that to be possible.) I personally hate those because they tend to look ...
- 10.2k
7
votes
1
answer
133
views
Minimal 2D pattern for domino tiles where each tile touches three others
Inspired by The five problems of the six domino tiles, where one of the tasks was to place six domino tiles so that each tile touches three others (corner / edge touches don't count). My solution ...
- 27.9k
14
votes
2
answers
915
views
The five problems of the six domino tiles
Here is a set a problems (regarding domino tiles) of a famous Portuguese newspaper weekly magazine.
For each problem you have $6$ domino tiles and the goal is always to place them touching each other ...
- 2,253
11
votes
3
answers
482
views
Perfect Latin Squares
The following Latin Square has an interesting property: there are 6*5=30 possible “ordered dominos” containing distinct digits, each occurring exactly once horizontally and exactly once vertically. ...
- 7,240
6
votes
2
answers
200
views
Friday's Mirror Donimoes Problem
Help four ghosts find each other in a haunted house. I just finished adding a
new puzzle to Donimoes, my collection of domino puzzles and games, so I
thought I would post a few bonus problems here. ...
- 2,572
4
votes
1
answer
146
views
Wednesday's Mirror Donimoes Problem
Help four ghosts find each other in a haunted house. I just finished adding a
new puzzle to Donimoes, my collection of domino puzzles and games, so I
thought I would post a few bonus problems here. ...
- 2,572
7
votes
3
answers
278
views
Monday's Mirror Donimoes Problem
Help four ghosts find each other in a haunted house. I just finished adding a
new puzzle to Donimoes, my collection of domino puzzles and games, so I
thought I would post a few bonus problems here. ...
- 2,572
7
votes
1
answer
294
views
Catch 21: Lies in Advertising
I posted a few Dominosa puzzles this week to celebrate adding Dominosa to my Donimoes collection of domino puzzles and games. Now, I want to finish the week with something a little different.
What ...
- 2,572
7
votes
2
answers
425
views
Friday's Dominosa Problem
Dominosa is a logic puzzle with a similar feel to Sudoku, and I've recently added it to Donimoes, my collection of domino puzzles and games. Given a grid of numbers, you have to lay out the dominoes ...
- 2,572
9
votes
2
answers
251
views
Wednesday's Dominosa Problem
Dominosa is a logic puzzle with a similar feel to Sudoku, and I've recently added it to Donimoes, my collection of domino puzzles and games. Given a grid of numbers, you have to lay out the dominoes ...
- 2,572
5
votes
2
answers
223
views
Monday's Dominosa Problem
Dominosa or Domino Solitaire is a logic puzzle with a similar feel to Sudoku. Given a grid of numbers, you have to lay out the dominoes so they match the numbers, without duplicated or missing ...
- 2,572
-1
votes
2
answers
122
views
What numbers should A & B be? [closed]
1 4 3 1 A
2 2 6 4 B
What numbers should A & B be, with each vertical column being a domino tile.
3
votes
1
answer
209
views
A game of cross-dominos
The grid above shows the final layout of a domino game played with a standard $28$-tile (dominos $0-0$ to $6-6$). The first domino played, the $4-4$ double is given, and solvers must complete the ...
user40528
2
votes
3
answers
316
views
Place 28 dominoes into a 7x8 rectangle
A standard set of double-six dominoes has 28 tiles with 2 numbers on each side from 0 to 6. Tiles can be placed next to each other if all the touching numbers match (from all 3 adjacent sides). Can ...
- 31.8k
4
votes
1
answer
297
views
Place 28 dominoes in a loop
A standard set of double-six dominoes has 28 tiles with 2 numbers on each side from 0 to 6. Tiles can be placed next to each other if the numbers at each end match. Can you place all the 28 tiles such ...
- 31.8k
11
votes
2
answers
888
views
Piece de Resistance - Two Boxes, Two Boxes of Letters
Two - Boxes, Two Boxes of Letters
This puzzle is part of the "Piece de Resistance" series. Go back to Part 1 (Ace) for the story.Ace Two Three Four Five ...
Out of Character: Finally, a ...
- 21.6k
0
votes
1
answer
359
views
Introducing WorDonimoes$^2$
@Don Kirkby have designed a set of dominoes puzzles that they call Donimoes. You slide the dominoes like the cars in Nob Yoshigahara's Rush Hour puzzle, always along their long axis.
I have altered ...
- 21.6k
8
votes
1
answer
135
views
Fridays's Unmatched Donimoes Problem
I've designed a set of dominoes puzzles that I call Donimoes. You slide the
dominoes like the cars in Nob Yoshigahara's Rush Hour puzzle, always along
their long axis. The goal is to slide all the ...
- 2,572
5
votes
1
answer
142
views
Thursday's Unmatched Donimoes Problem
I've designed a set of dominoes puzzles that I call Donimoes. You slide the
dominoes like the cars in Nob Yoshigahara's Rush Hour puzzle, always along
their long axis. The goal of Unmatched Donimoes ...
- 2,572
5
votes
1
answer
132
views
Wednesday's Unmatched Donimoes Problem
I've designed a set of dominoes puzzles that I call Donimoes. You slide the
dominoes like the cars in Nob Yoshigahara's Rush Hour puzzle, always along
their long axis. The goal of Unmatched Donimoes ...
- 2,572
6
votes
2
answers
134
views
Tuesday's Unmatched Donimoes Problem
I've designed a set of dominoes puzzles that I call Donimoes. You slide the
dominoes like the cars in Nob Yoshigahara's Rush Hour puzzle, always along
their long axis. The goal of Unmatched Donimoes ...
- 2,572
14
votes
2
answers
592
views
Monday's Unmatched Donimoes Problem
I've designed a set of dominoes puzzles that I call Donimoes. You slide the
dominoes like the cars in Nob Yoshigahara's Rush Hour puzzle, always along
their long axis.
Goal
Slide all the dominoes into ...
- 2,572
4
votes
1
answer
285
views
Tactical Domino Placement Game
Alice and Bob take turns to place regular dominoes into a $7\times8$ board. The first player who cannot go loses.
Is there a winning strategy for either player?
Note that in this version the pips on ...
- 35.5k
12
votes
1
answer
315
views
A Domino Rectangle
Can you arrange a standard set of $28$ dominoes into a rectangle of $7\times8$, where each of the 8 rows sum to $21$ and each of the 7 columns sum to $24$?
Image from WikiPedia.
Or, alternatively, ...
- 35.5k
8
votes
1
answer
330
views
Domino Tiling Game
Two players are presented an $n\times n$ grid. They take turns placing a piece on the board until no more moves are possible. The last player able to make a move is the winner. The pieces are $2\times ...
- 14.4k
13
votes
3
answers
501
views
How many tilings by dominoes of this region?
Here's a shape that could be tiled by dominoes. Without the fault line there are 64 tilings. With fault line how many possible tilings are there?
...
- 269
20
votes
2
answers
525
views
A puzzle with dominoes
I've got a puzzle using dominoes for all here at Puzzling. I came up with it while playing around a few days ago, and I know it can be solved. It may not be a new idea, but to the best of my knowledge,...
- 303
4
votes
1
answer
167
views
Dominoes where NO two connected tiles have a number in common
Take the following set of ten dominoes:
0 | 1, 0 | 2, 0 | 3, 0 | 4, 1 | 2, 1 | 3, 1 | 4, 2 | 3, 2 | 4, 3 | 4
Arrange the dominoes With Rules :
NO two connected tiles have a number in common.
2 ...
- 17.8k
22
votes
3
answers
1k
views
Introducing Domidoku!
Come one, come all!
Come see the new type of logic puzzle, the Domidoku!
Here's a sample for all to try!
The process is simple!
First you solve the Sudoku and then you solve the Dominosa!
...
- 7,746
4
votes
2
answers
704
views
What is the largest domino ring that can be made?
Taken from UK Bebras Computational Thinking Challenge
I am particularly interested to see how you can go through this systematically as opposed to using trial and error.
Clarification edits:
The ...
3
votes
1
answer
168
views
4 walls of domino tower
How can I rearrange the domino tiles below so that all vertical columns has 0,1,2,3,4,5,6.
While all the horizontal rows has 0,1,2,3,4,5,6 + duplicate ?
- 6,626