by MathPickle | Dec 19, 2016 |
There are only a few slides in this puzzle so before heading on to the next one, your students and you should study the image and come up with conjectures about how the images are created and what to expect on the next slide. This first slide has too little...
by MathPickle | Nov 28, 2016 |
Uncracked 114 (Diophantus of Alexandria, c. 215-290) Students working with exponents should be asked to find which values of n from 0-100 are possible by summing the cubes of three positive integers: a^3 + b^3 + c^3 = n. Next, ask if the cubes can be negative. This is...
by MathPickle | Nov 22, 2016 |
“Very bright was that sword when it was made whole again; the light of the sun shone redly in it, and the light of the moon shone cold, and its edge was hard and keen. And Aragorn gave it a new name and called it Andúril, Flame of the West.” J.R.R. Tolkien...
by MathPickle | Nov 16, 2016 |
Before our myths of democracy were inked – Cleisthenes tossed and turned in bed: “All Men Are Created Equal?” “One Man, One Vote?” “Virtuous Man, Multiple Votes!” “That’s it!” he thought. And here is how it...
by MathPickle | Nov 14, 2016 |
Hex (Piet Hein, 1942) I’ve been using a small variant of hex in the age 5 to 7 classroom for several years. Apart from the smaller size, the only other innovation is to insist that the first player plays on the perimeter on their first move. Without a rule like...
