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Well done to everybody who solved these jigsaws. Lots of children sent us pictures of their finished jigsaws, but only a few children explained how they completed the 100 squares.

Joseph from Wolfson Hillel Primary School in the UK gave this advice:

Start from the top and work your way to the bottom.

Dynel from Whitegrove Primary School in the UK had a different strategy:

I started with 0. Because it was at the bottom, I put it at the bottom of the square. Then I put 1 next to it. And the rest just fell in place.

Thank you both for explaining your strategies! I wonder if it's easiest to start at the top of the square or at the bottom? Does it depend on the square?

Jeremy from Thailand sent in some step-by-step pictures showing how he solved the second puzzle. Have a look at Jeremy's solution and see if you can work out why he placed each piece in that order. Thank you for sending in this solution, Jeremy - it's interesting to see the step-by-step pictures.

Dhruv sent us some step-by-step pictures for the first puzzle:

I started with an edge piece and worked my way round.

  

  

  

Thank you for sending in these pictures, Dhruv. Your method is really clear.

We didn't have many ideas sent in about how to solve these jigsaws, so if you have any more ideas you'd like to share then please email us.