by MathPickle | Jun 5, 2019 |
Packing Pasta (MathPickle, 2019) This problem is good to introduce volume and density calculations to a classroom. Top students and those interested can continue to the greatest packing website in recreational mathematics: Erich’s Packing Center. The pages...
by MathPickle | Mar 19, 2019 |
If you have not seen the original jumping frogs puzzle you might want to watch the video below – paying special attention to the lazy toads. This exploration starts out with an exploration of lily pads linked together – but not necessarily in a line. The...
by MathPickle | Feb 11, 2019 |
Twisted Homes are haunted. Ghosts and ghouls drift in slow-moving vortices and walking around the drafty rooms can be disorienting. Vampires have four rules to build a twisted home. Rule 1: Each room must be the same size. This home fails because the green room is...
by MathPickle | Jan 16, 2019 |
A house of mirrors can be a dangerous place to live. Bump a wall and the whole house can fall around you – sharp shards everywhere. That’s why there are rules for anyone planning on building a house of mirrors. Rule 1: EQUAL NUMBERS OF EACH COLOR. This...
by MathPickle | May 27, 2018 |
Picasso’s Canvas (MathPickle, 2018) This beautiful and addictive puzzle is perfect for students learning multiplication and division. After experimenting with a small canvas in front of the whole class release students in pairs to try to find better solutions....
