Intergalactic Adventure - Challenge 5
Ready for a mathematical space adventure? Complete your Intergalactic Passport Application Form and prepare for a journey to the Planet Turasmara.
Created by Scottish Mathematical Council
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Challenge 5: Travel Problems
The largest river on Turasmara is Abhainn Mhòr. When the river needs to be crossed they use a space shuttle boat, but there are some alien species on Turasmara that cannot travel together.
- The Flig cannot be near a Nwen as the Flig might eat the Nwen.
- The Nwen cannot be near a Mlunka as the Nwen might eat the Mlunka.
- The Flig and Mlunka CAN be together because Fligs are quite picky with their food and don’t like the taste of Mlunkas!
You have a Flig, a Nwen and a Mlunka all wanting to cross the river, but only one space shuttle boat.
Can you work out a way to get them all across safely?
![Graphic drawings of the monsters. On the left, a purple monster with tentacles, five green eyes and a green tongue, with the name Flig underneath. In the middle, an orange monster with one eye and six green arms with the name Nwen. And on the right a blue monster with a lizard like tail and the name Mlunka.](/imager/images/32139/Character-Image_616b2c32fb7bb9679ad560fc61635847.png)
(If you are arriving at the Intergalactic Adventure on this page, you can go back to the Introduction and Challenge 1 to start you off)
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