Can you solve the Blackwing 10001 puzzle?
Blackwing 10001 壱万壱
Arriving week of June 25, 2018
A tribute to puzzles and other creative ways
of teaching and learning
STORY
- Honors Tetsuya Miyamoto, who invented the KenKen math puzzle in 2004
- KenKen is the only puzzle printed daily alongside the New York Times Crossword
- Puzzles like these inspire us to apply problem solving and logic in creative ways
DESIGN
- Designed in collaboration with Miyamoto Sensei
- Five-sided pencil shape (known as Gokaku in Japan)
- Red stained "adzuki" wood finish
- Gold imprint with kanji numerals
- Gold ferrule, black eraser, firm graphite
NUMBER
- Numeral palindrome (same backwards and forwards) in kanji and Arabic numerals
- 10001 is the solution to one of Miyamoto Sensei's favorite puzzle equations
Try a KenKen
Included in each Volume 10001 box is a KenKen Puzzle
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