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The Mathematics Of Spot It, Marcus Heemstra
The Mathematics Of Spot It, Marcus Heemstra
The Journal of Undergraduate Research
Spot Itâ„¢ is a fun, fast paced game for people of all ages. The game appears to have a rich mathematical structure, which we investigated, using combinatorial analysis. We constructed some similar Spot It type games with a different number of cards, and displayed that some games are impossible to complete. In particular, the original Spot It game has eight objects on each card; however, it is impossible to construct a complete game (a game in which every object appears with every other object) in which every card has seven objects. We have investigated the mathematics behind the game.