by MathPickle | Sep 16, 2015 |
Mimizu means earthworm in Japanese. Your goal is to digest leaves and other stuff that is in your compost bin. Number hints are given as well as black barriers which cannot be crossed. After stepping through these slides click here to download printable...
by MathPickle | Sep 16, 2015 |
Prime Number Catacombs (William Paulsen, 2000) This is absolutely one of my favourite pedagogic discoveries from recreational mathematics. It is engaging, evocative and curiosity inducing. I now prefer to start students groups off at different numbers. They must try...
by MathPickle | Sep 16, 2015 |
GCF Bingo (MathPickle, 2012) GCF Bingo is a game where students can both strategize and gain practice calculating the greatest common factor of a set of numbers. Download the pdf for the game here. God exists since mathematics is consistent, and the Devil exists since...
by MathPickle | Sep 16, 2015 |
Integral fission puzzles are better than prime factorization trees for student engagement. Click Here Integral fission is how a number explodes into its prime factors. Click Here Integral fission is how a number explodes into its prime factors. Click Here Start with...
by MathPickle | Sep 16, 2015 |
Egyptian Fractions (Graham, 1964) The first “greedy algorithm” introduced in this video is a good way to give your students practice finding common denominators, but be very careful which you choose. As the video shows, these can get nasty!!! If you are...
