by MathPickle | Jul 22, 2016 |
Five Field Kono (Korean Game) If you are introducing this style of strategy game in your class you should get them to start with much smaller rectangles and fewer stones. The 5×5 rectangle with seven pieces is too complicated. Smaller rectangles will allow...
by MathPickle | Jun 6, 2016 |
Uncut spaghetti is one of MathPickle’s best puzzles of 2016. It will challenge your top students to discover patterns and your lower students will enjoy the successes of repeatedly carrying out a procedure in pursuit of a common goal. Start with a...
by MathPickle | May 24, 2016 |
The Adventures of Pinocchio were written by Carlo Collodi in 1883. This puzzle was inspired by imagining Pinocchio’s classroom – full of little people who always lied or always told the truth. In one of his classroom the truth teller students and liar...
by MathPickle | Feb 8, 2016 |
This three-ball juggling is common, but Juggling can use a lot of complex patterns. How should we organize these patterns so we could talk about them? It was not until the 1980s that mathematicians and jugglers started to solve this problem. The result was SITESWAP....
by MathPickle | Nov 3, 2015 |
Fractal Multiplication (MathPickle, 2015) This is a mathematical mini-universe for your students to practice the scientific method. The mathematical curriculum covered includes any of the following: 1) Permutations and Combinations 2) Polar Coordinates 3)...
