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 20, 2019 |
If you have not seen the original jumping frogs puzzle you should watch the video below – paying special attention to the lazy toads. This exploration starts out with an exploration of lily pads linked together to form stars. These graphs are rotationally...
by MathPickle | Jan 30, 2018 |
The brilliant artwork in this puzzle was done for me by Mr. Cuddington. Here is the challenge. You want to print up a card game with one card of value 1, two cards of value 2, three cards of value 3… twelve cards of value 12… Here is a page with 8 cards....
by MathPickle | May 1, 2017 |
McGuire the Gathering is one of my favourite puzzle games. It is among the first that I designed in 2005 – five years before MathPickle came into being. It is based on the card game: Magic the Gathering. Download a pdf of this slide show here. Foul winds are...
by MathPickle | Apr 5, 2017 |
A Spectral Blaster Ring is what you see if you get hit with a spectral blast. What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger 😉 If you have not seen the slide show on Spectral Blasters you should see that before you continue. The same four rules apply to Spectral...
