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Question from Anthony, a parent:

i need to have the number from 1-15 in 6 rounds of 3 numbers without the numbers be repeating in the same row . eg round 1
1 2 3
4 5 6
7 8 9
10 11 12
13 14 15

2nd round
1 4 7
10 13 2
5 8 11
14 3 6
9 12 15

i need help finding the next four rounds

Anthony,

This is the Kirkman schoolgirl problem:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirkman's_schoolgirl_problem

Chris

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