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Practice GuideVersion 1.0 - Covers challenges 1 to 30
Let’s practice!Welcome to the Turing Tumble Practice Guide! This is a free companion to TuringTumble. This version of the guide covers the first 30 challenges in the book. If it’suseful, we’ll do the same for the rest of the challenges.The purposes of this guide are:1. To cement important concepts. Practice challenges give another opportunity toapply what you learned.2. To offer hints when you’re stuck. Solve a practice challenge or read theexplanation of the solution. This guide lowers the learning curve.3. To learn how puzzle solutions work. Each solution has an explanation thatdescribes how it works.4. To offer the puzzles in an easily printable black and white format. Make asmany copies as you like.What is the best way to use this practice guide?The practice guide is meant to be used alongside the Turing Tumble puzzle book,but it’s not meant to replace it. Unlike the Turing Tumble puzzle book, it doesn’tcontain instructions for how to assemble the computer, how to play, how the partswork, and other bits of useful information.Is this guide useful to you?Please tell us what you think! We’re always looking for ways to make TuringTumble better. Just send us an email at hello@turingtumble.com.Did you find an error?Please send a quick email to hello@turingtumble.com and we’ll fix it right away. Wedon’t like bugs.
ContentsChallenge 1.1Practice Puzzle A for Challenge 2.3Challenge 2.5Practice Puzzle A for Challenge 3.7Challenge 3.9Practice Puzzle A for Challenge 4. 11Practice Puzzle B for Challenge 4. 13Challenge 4. 15Practice Puzzle A for Challenge 5. 17Challenge 5.19Practice Puzzle A for Challenge 6. 21Challenge 6. 23Practice Puzzle A for Challenge 7. 25Challenge 7. 27Practice Puzzle A for Challenge 8.29Challenge 8. 31Practice Puzzle for Challenge 9. 33Challenge 9. 35Challenge 10. 37Practice Puzzle A for Challenge 11.39Challenge 11.41Challenge 12.43Challenge 13.45Challenge 14. 47Practice Puzzle A for Challenge 15.49Practice Puzzle B for Challenge 15. 51Challenge 15. 53Practice Puzzle A for Challenge 16.55Practice Puzzle B for Challenge 16. 57Practice Puzzle C for Challenge 16.59Challenge 16.61Practice Puzzle A for Challenge 17.63
Practice Puzzle B for Challenge 17.65Challenge 17. 67Practice Puzzle A for Challenge 18.69Challenge 18. 71Challenge 19. 73Challenge 20. 75Practice Puzzle A for Challenge 21. 77Challenge 21. 79Practice Puzzle A for Challenge 22.81Challenge 22.83Practice Puzzle A for Challenge 23.85Practice Puzzle B for Challenge 23.87Practice Puzzle C for Challenge 23. 89Challenge 23.91Challenge 24.93Challenge 25.95Challenge 26. 97Practice Puzzle A for Challenge 27.99Practice Puzzle B for Challenge 27. 101Challenge 27. 103Practice Puzzle A for Challenge 28. 105Challenge 28. 107Challenge 29.109Bonus Puzzle A for Challenge 29. 111Challenge 30. 113
Turing Tumble Practice Guide 1.0Challenge 1: GravityObjective: Make all of the blue balls (and only the blue balls) reachthe end.Required output:Starting setupx8Available partsx8x4PRESSTOSTART1
Turing Tumble Practice Guide 1.0Challenge 1 SolutionExplanation: The four ramps complete the path from the top of theboard to the bottom of the board.Remember that it’s against the rules to allow balls to fall freely forany distance! When a ball rolls off a part, it must immediately land onthe next part.x8PRESSTOSTART2x8
Turing Tumble Practice Guide 1.0Practice Puzzle A for Challenge 2Objective: Make all of the blue balls (and only the blue balls) reachthe end.Required output:Starting setupx8Available partsx8x3PRESSTOSTART3
Turing Tumble Practice Guide 1.0Practice Challenge 2-A SolutionExplanation: The ramps fill the gaps in the path from the top of theboard to the bottom of the board.x8PRESSTOSTART4x8
Turing Tumble Practice Guide 1.0Challenge 2: Re-entryObjective: Make all of the blue balls (and only the blue balls) reachthe end.Required output:Starting setupx8Available partsx8x5PRESSTOSTART5
Turing Tumble Practice Guide 1.0Challenge 2 SolutionExplanation: The starting setup leads the balls over onto the rightside. That’s a problem! If the balls hit the right lever, they’d releasered balls, but you’re only supposed to let the blue balls get to thebottom.To solve this puzzle, you have to use the 5 ramps to lead balls backover to the left lever.x8PRESSTOSTART6x8
Turing Tumble Practice Guide 1.0Practice Puzzle A for Challenge 3Objective: Start the machine by releasing the blue ball. The blue ballshould then release the red ball.Required output:Starting setupx1Available partsx1x8PRESSTOSTART7
Turing Tumble Practice Guide 1.0Practice Challenge 3-A SolutionExplanation: The 8 ramps make a path down to the right lever. Whenthe blue ball is released, it lands on the right lever, releasing the redball.x1PRESSTOSTART8x1
Turing Tumble Practice Guide 1.0Challenge 3: IgnitionObjective: Release one blue ball and then all of the red balls.Required output:Starting setupx8Available partsx8x6PRESSTOSTART9
Turing Tumble Practice Guide 1.0Challenge 3 SolutionExplanation: Like the last puzzle, the ramps bring the paths of thered and blue balls into one path that leads to the right lever. After thefirst blue ball, all the rest are red.x8PRESSTOSTART10x8
Turing Tumble Practice Guide 1.0Practice Puzzle A for Challenge 4Objective: Release one blue ball and then all of the red balls.Required output:Starting setupx8Available partsx8x6PRESSTOSTART11
Turing Tumble Practice Guide 1.0Practice Challenge 4-A SolutionExplanation: The paths of the blue and red balls come together nearthe bottom of the board and then lead to the red side. Since all pathslead to the red side, only red balls are released after the first blueball.x8PRESSTOSTART12x8
Turing Tumble Practice Guide 1.0Practice Puzzle B for Challenge 4Objective: Release one red ball and then all of the blue balls.Required output:Starting setupx8Available partsx8x6PRESSTOSTART13
Turing Tumble Practice Guide 1.0Practice Challenge 4-B SolutionExplanation: This is just like challenge 3, but everything is reversed!Notice that the “Presser” is on the right side, not the left, so you startthe machine by pressing down the right lever. That makes the firstball red.x8x8PRESSTOSTART14
Turing Tumble Practice Guide 1.0Challenge 4: FusionObjective: Release one red ball and then all of the blue balls.Required output:Starting setupx8Available partsx8x 13PRESSTOSTART15
Turing Tumble Practice Guide 1.0Challenge 4 SolutionExplanation: The paths need to come together, but they start farapart! Use the ramps to bring the paths together and lead all of theballs to the left side.x8x8PRESSTOSTART16
Turing Tumble Practice Guide 1.0Practice Puzzle A for Challenge 5Objective: Make the pattern blue, red, blue, red, blue, red.Required output:Starting setupx8Available partsx8x1PRESSTOSTART17
Turing Tumble Practice Guide 1.0Practice Challenge 5-A SolutionExplanation: To get the alternating pattern, blue balls have to get tothe right side to release red balls, and red balls have to get to the leftside to relea
This is a free companion to Turing Tumble. This version of the guide covers the first 30 challenges in the book. If it’s useful, we’ll do the same for the rest of the challenges. The purposes of this guide are: 1. To cement important concepts. Practice challenges give another opportunity to apply what you learned. 2.
