by MathPickle | Apr 1, 2024 |
Line Dance Dice (MathPickle 2021) The Polypad website has changed so you’ll need to make your own line of dice. Try using 7 dice with 7 rerolls. Players reroll or pass simultaneously. A player who has passed can choose not to pass on a later turn. Each person...
by MathPickle | Apr 1, 2024 |
Bumpy Wheel (MathPickle 2022) Bumpy Wheel is a two-player game. Setup: Put an even number of dots in a circle. Copy this pattern so both players have it. Rules: 1) On your opponent’s dots: Secretly place consecutive integers starting at zero. They can...
by MathPickle | Apr 1, 2024 |
Kitchen Tile War (MathPickle 2022) Grade 2+ tiling puzzle. Teaches students organization and presentation of their ideas. Some grade 2 students will have dexterity issues in trying to draw these tiles, but the mathematics of comparing the sizes works well for them....
by MathPickle | Apr 1, 2024 |
Ups & Downs (MathPickle 2022) This puzzle plays with subtraction. It is exploration for the sake of exploration. See what you discover. The day after this video was published, Gabriella Pinter from the Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of...
by MathPickle | Mar 31, 2024 |
ConVexed (MathPickle 2021) I’m not used to designing word puzzles, but this one is cute and allows your class to discuss terms like “clockwise”, “counter-clockwise” as well as getting creative and designing your own puzzles. Here is a pdf...
