by MathPickle | Sep 15, 2015 |
Wiki Histories are 10-minute pencil & paper games. They are great for teaching problem-solving, world history, and board game design. They can be played in any grade starting at grade 2. Each comes with a history essay that is written for high school students. If...
by MathPickle | Sep 15, 2015 |
Ballast – addition puzzles (MathPickle, 2012) Ballast addition puzzles are great for students learning addition. They are presented with three warships in each puzzle. Two of these can be made to float by balancing the ballast. The remaining warship is...
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 |
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....
