by MathPickle | Sep 15, 2015 |
Bubbling Cauldrons (Integer Partitions were first explored by Issai Schur, 1916) After students have found the optimal answer (eight frogs in two bubbling cauldrons) you can challenge students in multiple directions. Let your students decide: 1) David Martin (2020...
by MathPickle | Sep 15, 2015 |
Place Value (MathPickle, 2011) Some number systems use place value – others do not. This video takes you on a tour of number systems including Egyptian, Arabic, Babylonian, Montessori and Scientific Notation. Ron Goodman has edited the video for younger students...
by MathPickle | Sep 15, 2015 |
This is a game to give your students an intuition about fractions. Start by dividing your class into teams. Each team is randomly dealt six cards 1-100 (alternatively they can choose six numbers 1-100.) I'm going to colour the cards to indicate which team they have...
by MathPickle | Sep 15, 2015 |
Building Skyscrapers of Different Heights (MathPickle, 2010) Stack 10 blocks to make any number of towers… the heights of the towers must be different. The king wants to see ALL the solutions! I am interested in mathematics only as a creative art. G. H. Hardy...
by MathPickle | Sep 15, 2015 |
Speed Counting to infinity (MathPickle, 2010) For one class teachers should just count and count and count. There is no better way to show the relative size of numbers. Cheating after 200 is allowed 😉 I now believe in starting really, really slowly....
