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Penta Colour

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Eight Dominoes

Stage: 2, 3 and 4 Challenge Level: Challenge Level:3 Challenge Level:3 Challenge Level:3

Using the 8 dominoes:

8 dominoes

make a square where each of the columns and rows adds up to 8.

An example domino square

How many possible solutions are there?

You may find our Dominoes Environment useful for working on this problem.

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