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 |
Intro to Primes & Composites (MathPickle, 2010) The way I introduce Prime and Composite numbers is through one of the engaging puzzles above. However, most educators make the mistake of starting with a formal, but not quite as engaging, structuring of the subject...
by MathPickle | Sep 16, 2015 |
Locker Room Prank (Unknown Origin) This is not an original puzzle, but it is one of my first experiences of a quality problem and therefore one that inspired my own designs. Here is the downloadable pdf. Men are liars. We’ll lie about lying if we have to....
by MathPickle | Sep 16, 2015 |
Klingon Attack The Earth is being attacked by Klingons. It is your job to shoot the enemy spaceships out of the sky using our single ion cannon. Download a pdf of puzzle-sheets here. Much thanks to Ex Astris Scientia for their permission to reprint their...
by MathPickle | Sep 16, 2015 |
Prime Time (Based on Rivest, Shamir, Adleman, 1977) Prime Time is one of the must-play games in your classroom whenever you start tackling prime and composite numbers. References to the $1,000,000 prize are a long way away, but I hope one day to be able to tell you...
