Krieger, Holly. Haro, Javier. (2022). Dollar Game. In S. Bowen (Ed.), Math Circle Activity Database. American Institute of Mathematics. https://mathcircles.org/activity/dollar-game
The Dollar Game
Contributor(s): Holly Krieger, Javier Haro
Math Circles: MTC Network
A group of people, some that just met, have a dilemma. Some people owe money and some have money. Problem is that only people that know each other, connected by nodes, can give or lend a dollar. But they must give each person they know a dollar, even if that puts themselves in debt!! Find ways to give money in such a way so that everyone in the group has money or owes 0 dollars.
Activity Guide
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