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The Queens

What to do

Click and drag one of the queens to any square on the board... all squares under attack will be covered by a circle.

To solve this puzzle, place the queens so that every square on the board is under attack.

Queens can move up, down, left, right and diagonally.

Good luck!

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There are many possible answers to this puzzle. How many solutions can you find?

Hint!

This puzzle is just one of the 500 puzzles in the Tenix Questacon Maths Squad — an outreach program which travels around Australia making maths fun for everyone!


	Questacon > Kids > Puzzles > The Queens Puzzles The Queens What to do Click and drag one of the queens to any square on the board... all squares under attack will be covered by a circle. To solve this puzzle, place the queens so that every square on the board is under attack. Queens can move up, down, left, right and diagonally. Good luck! There are many possible answers to this puzzle. How many solutions can you find? Hint! This puzzle is just one of the 500 puzzles in the Tenix Questacon Maths Squad — an outreach program which travels around Australia making maths fun for everyone!
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