The Splice is Right Puzzle

I’m back today with a fun, new puzzle called The Splice is Right Puzzle.

This puzzle is from the book Test Your Math IQ by Steve Ryan. I was able to borrow the book for free from the Internet Archive’s online lending library. I highly recommend this site for checking out various books before you commit to buying a copy!

This is the last of four puzzles that really stood out to me from this book. Previously, I recreated and shared Tic Tac Total, Pair Ups, and Up to Specs.

The goal of The Splice is Right Puzzle is to splice the given six clips of film in this puzzle to produce one fifteen-frame short feature. The final result must be a strip which presents a mathematically logical number sequence.

For example, 1, 2, 3 ,4, 5, 6, 7 is a logical sequence because you add one to each term to get the next term. 1, 7, 10, 70, 73 would also be a logical sequence. In this case, I would repeatedly multiply by 7 and add 3 to continue the sequence.

Here are the six clips of film you are given to work with in The Splice is Right Puzzle:

I printed and laminated the film strips to create a classroom version.

In a normal year, I would put the puzzle on my dry erase board and place disc magnets on the back of each of the pieces of film.

I think this puzzle should be easily adapted to the virtual setting as well. I will update this post with any digital versions that are shared with me.

Digital Version of The Splice is Right Puzzle

Kathy Henderson has created a digital version of The Splice is Right Puzzle in Desmos Activity Builder.