Category | Price | Seller | Device |
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Games | Free | Abd alhameed Alhinbazly | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
Chances are you've heard about the ancient river crossing riddles, but do you know them all? you may have heard about the farmer who has to take a wolf, a goat, and some cabbage across a river or fox, goose, and a bag of beans version, maybe you know the problem of three missionaries and three cannibals, or jealous husbands variation.
Those are the classic river crossing IQ tests, they are popular and well known and they are all included in this game plus much more.
The basic of river crossing puzzles go back to the book "Propositiones ad Acuendos Juvenes", (English: Problems to Sharpen the Young) which is one of the earliest known collections of recreational mathematics problems, The oldest known copy of the manuscript dates from the late 9th century. The text is attributed to Alcuin of York (died 804.)
River crossing puzzles and their many variants represent ways of dressing up relatively straightforward mathematical problems. They invite attempts at a solution that range from trial and error to extensive mathematical analysis.
These puzzles are frequently asked job interview questions, They are also taught to children in schools to boost kids IQ and improve their critical thinking, mathematical problem solving, and strategy development.
Your ultimate goal in every level is to transfer all characters across the river following certain rules and restrictions,
Once you have completed a level you will receive 1 star for level completion, another star if you finished the level with the minimum number of moves, and an additional 1 star if you finished the level quickly.
Try your best, be as fast as you can and keep your number of moves low in order to score more stars, the number of total stars will help you unlock more advanced levels.
Download the game now and unlock your brain abilities !!
A very good game that let you think a lot, but it has a few problems and i had finished in two single day.
It is hard to read the story but part of the level as the font is way too small!