Puzzles with numbers and things

[snookersfun]

not much movement since the ships stopped steaming, (maybe it is also time for abextra to put up her solutions for R218-220 in the meantime)

so I go for the next round

Round 225: balls, squared

you have this 10x10 grid (units of snooker ball width), green baize, and should arrange on it ten square arrangements of snooker balls (reds?) (One 4x4, two 3x3, three 2x2, and 4 1x1). Again no touching of those regions.

Now, surprise, surprise, very similar to the battleships grids, some clues (but not all) appear at the sides of the grid as to how many balls in total lie on each such line.

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and as usual, I forgot, answers for the next 1-2 days per PM, pager or e-mail please

[snookersfun]

Round 226: total ships

back to the traditional ships, the regular grid and fleet, except this time the clues are pointing to total number of distinct ships encountered in the specific columns or rows (as opposed to ship-parts as in the previous puzzles).

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again PM etc. initially

[snookersfun]

This time Robert beat you all to it -R225 and 226 that is (actually the PM came a long time ago).
Congratulations!! Very well done

[abextra]

... maybe it is also time for abextra to put up her solutions for R218-220 in the meantime.

Ok, here we go...

Round 218

[abextra]

... and the squares... (hope they are correct ).

[snookersfun]

yes, all perfect! Thank you and well done of course!
And yellow submarines, how cute

[abextra]

yes, all perfect! Thank you and well done of course!
And yellow submarines, how cute

Hehehe... you're welcome (and I'm glad you liked them being yellow... )

[snookersfun]

and by now I also have perfect answers from Monique for R225 and 226. Well done, despite mounting time pressure

[snookersfun]

for the two online puzzle ladies
let's have two more:

Round 227: rectangular arrays of balls
very similar to R.225, you have this 10x12 grid (units of snooker ball width), green baize, and should arrange on it an initially unknown number of rectangular arrangements of snooker balls (reds?) (minimum 2x2). Again no touching of those regions.

Some clues (but not all) appear at the sides of the grid as to how many balls in total lie on each such line. (One of the painted in balls gives a clue, as to that it lies on outside of one such array)

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answers initially by PM etc.

[snookersfun]

and
Round 228: battleships (different clues)

regular grid and fleet, except that this time the clues indicate size of first ship encountered from that direction.
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answers initially by PM etc.

[abextra]

Round 227: rectangular arrays of balls
very similar to R.225, you have this 10x10 grid (units of snooker ball width), green baize, and should arrange on it an initially unknown number of rectangular arrangements of snooker balls ...

I have some problems here...

a) rectangular, not squares?
b) I see a 10x12 grid... is it something wrong with me?

[Monique]

Abextra, we suffer the same optical disorder ...
And I'm not sure how to interpret the problem.
Snookersfun
When you say 2x2 min, does that mean that a size of 1 is never allowed (6X1 f.i?). Also the "rounded piece is meant to be a corner while the square piece is a "middle" ?

[snookersfun]

oops, some tiny clarifications to make

Abextra, we suffer the same optical disorder ...
And I'm not sure how to interpret the problem.
Snookersfun
When you say 2x2 min, does that mean that a size of 1 is never allowed (6X1 f.i?). Also the "rounded piece is meant to be a corner while the square piece is a "middle" ? right! min width or length is always 2 balls, and yes about that piece as well

I have some problems here...

a) rectangular, not squares? rectangles including squares
b) I see a 10x12 grid... is it something wrong with me? yep, shouldn't copy/paste. I'll correct that now...

[davis_greatest]

As a coach, may I touch the red balls during the break?
I mean, if I could put another red to hang right over the pocket, after Barry has potted the previous one...

Haha! No, you can't move balls during the break!

[davis_greatest]

Round 224 - Barry The Baboon's balls-blasting big break

Barry the Baboon has asked you to coach him for the day.

Due to an unfortunate injury caused to his finger while trying to unbutton his pants while playing a massé, he can only pot easy shots, as follows.

He can only pot a ball if it is hanging right over the pocket* or if it is a colour on its own spot (and if it is a colour on its spot, he can only pot baulk colours into the baulk pockets, the blue into the centre pockets, the pink into the centre or top pockets, and the black into the top pockets). He is not able to pot plants, no matter how easy they may be.

You want to restore his confidence so you can place some balls on the table by hand, wherever you like, for him to have a practice break. Your aim is to let Barry make as high a break as possible. However, Barry's positional play is so poor that he can never play two consecutive pots into the same pocket.

* "hanging right over the pocket" means that it is teetering on the edge, about to drop, with no room for anything else to pass

Which balls do you place where and what break can Barry achieve?

Round 224 - breaks of 67 from Monique and Robert! Well done! As this doesn't seem beatable...

Round 229 - Barry gets better

Barry is now getting better, and can play easy plants. The only plants that he can manage are where one ball (Ball A) is hanging over the pocket - he is then able to play another ball (Ball B) to knock Ball A in... whenever he does this, Ball B will always finish hanging over the same pocket.

As his coach, you decide to make things harder, and forbid him from ever potting a ball into a pocket into which that particular ball has previously been potted.

Apart from that, everything is the same as in round 224.

Which balls do you place where and what is the highest break that Barry can achieve?

Feel free to post answers / attempts straight on the thread...