As Nora and I played with a deck of cards this past weekend, we laid out cards of each suit and rank in a variety of different patterns. Near the end, we wound up with a 4×4 grid of cards, and I wondered out loud:
Can we lay out the 16 face cards so that each row, column, and diagonal has exactly one of each rank and exactly one of each suit?
Apparently, yes we can, as shown in the image above. But is this the only solution available?
I don’t believe that it is, and this very question is this week’s GeekDad Puzzle of the Week: Please submit three (3) solutions not including the one above that are not simply rotations or flips of one another or of the solution in the picture above.
As always, send in your response to GeekDad Central by end of week, and all correct (or reasonably correct) solutions will be entered into the drawing for this week’s fabulous prize — a $50 Gift Certificate from the fine folks at ThinkGeek.
Good luck, and happy puzzling!
