Place the appropriate coins on top of their pictures in the grid below. The object of the game is to switch the positions of the nickel and the dime. A coin can move by sliding into an empty space that is to the left, right, above or below. Coins cannot move diagonally. Try to switch the coins in the fewest number of moves possible. Once you get a solution, see if you can get another that uses fewer moves. Continue to improve upon each solution until you cannot solve the puzzle in any fewer moves.
My original solution took me ____________ moves.
My best solution took me ___________ moves.
I improved by ___________ moves.