In order to do many of the operations and processes in mathematics, we need to follow certain rules. There are rules for addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, decimals, solving equations, proving trig identities, etc.
Lewis Carroll came up with the idea of word ladders.
There is only one RULE for Word Ladders:
Change ONLY one letter at a time and form a new word at each step.
For instance, you might go from COAT to SHOE as follows:
COAT, COOT, SOOT, SHOT, SHOE.
#2 Change SHOW to CASE
Solution to the Problem:
Alternate solutions with the name of the first person to send them in are also listed.
#1 Change LAST to WORD
LAST, LOST, LOSE, LORE, LORD, WORD
LAST, LOST, LOSE, LORE, WORE, WORD (John Funk)
Last, Past, Part, Wart, Wort, Word (Jeremy Harmon)
LAST, FAST, FART, FORT, FORD, WORD (Jacob Harmon)
Last, Cast, Cart, Card, Cord, Word (Michael Black)
LAST-lost-loot-toot-tool-wool-wood-WORD (Wynston Anglen)
SHOW, SHOT, SOOT, COOT, COST, CAST, CASE
SHOW, SHOT, SLOT, SLAT, FLAT, FEAT, FEST, FAST, CAST, CASE (John Funk)
Show, Slow, Plow, Plot, Clot, Coot, Cost, Cast, Case (Steve Muller)
Show, Slow, Blow, Blot, Clot, Coot, Cost, Cast, Case (Austin Hale)
show, slow, glow, grow, crow, crot, coot, cost, cast, case (Hazen Dickerson)
SHOW-shot-soot-loot-lost-last-cast-CASE (Wynston Anglen)
Correctly solved by:
| 1. John Funk | Ventura, California |
| 2. Jeremy Harmon |
Mountain View High School, Mountain View, Wyoming |
| 3. Jacob Harmon |
Mountain View High School, Mountain View, Wyoming |
| 4. Austin Hale |
Mountain View High School, Mountain View, Wyoming |
| 5. Hazen Dickerson |
Mountain View High School, Mountain View, Wyoming |
| 6. Michael Black |
Mountain View High School, Mountain View, Wyoming |
| 7. Wynston Anglen |
Mountain View High School, Mountain View, Wyoming |