Symbiotic Sets – addition and division

Symbiotic Sets – addition and division

Symbiotic Sets (MathPickle, 2014) Symbiotic sets are an excuse to practice problem solving and division.  I love these little sets and hope you’ll surpass me by finding more.  Please email me your discoveries… In my school, the brightest boys did math and...
EKG Sequences – factorization

EKG Sequences – factorization

Tree of Numbers – EKG Sequences (MathPickle, 2014) Student groups should work independently and then collaboratively to find when these integer sequences converge. Neil Sloane introduced me to the first EKG sequence in 2014. Its beauty and suitability for the...
1-100 Composite Connector Challenge

1-100 Composite Connector Challenge

1-100 Composite Connector Challenge This is a challenge for a class that has nothing to do except rejoice in connecting numbers that share common prime factors. The highest score that I've managed is 195, but I don't use computers so this can almost certainly be...
Gozen (factorization game)

Gozen (factorization game)

Gozen (MathPickle, 2025) Here is the pdf of Gozen. It is a game that has benefited from years of classroom experience. It is much simpler than the original thanks to Harini Fredrickson’s feedback in 2024. It is the best game I’ve designed for the...
Killer Bunny Sequence – prime factorization

Killer Bunny Sequence – prime factorization

Killer Bunny Sequence (John Horton Conway) This is a sequence developed by the great mathematician John Horton Conway. After describing the sequence starting with 1,1 student pairs should start with their own two numbers from 1-10 and see what happens to their...