2. Right and left

Right and left is a competitive and collaborative game. The two teams collaborate to create a path towards the target, while they compete to use as many as possible of the tiles assigned to them: the yellow team tries to insert as many turns to the left as possible and the red team tries to insert as many turns to the right as possible.

Required material: chequered board, tiles with footprint pictures

Questions

Q1. With start and finish arranged as in the first match in this video, is it possible for one of the two teams to win?

Q2. With start and finish arranged as in the game won by Anna, could there be a draw?

Q3. Are there any starting and finishing arrangements that favour one of the two teams?

Q4. Given the disposition between starting and finishing positions, is it possible to predict what the gap will be between the winning and the losing team?

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