Stage: 2 Short Challenge Level: 
A garden has square flower beds surrounded by paths as shown below.
Find a way to walk all around the paths without walking on the same part twice (except to cross over a path).
Combinations. Generalising. Sets of shapes. Working systematically. Mathematical modelling. Networks/Graph Theory. Route inspection problems. Visualising. Trial and improvement. Investigations.
Published March 1999.
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