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November 28, 2011

Math Salons scheduled, plus a great new look at vast amounts of dollars

Happy post-Thanksgiving! To all Seattlites looking for a math-rich event for kids, we’ve finally got some Math Salons on the calendar, starting in January. [...]

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November 11, 2011

The Dr Square Puzzle

One of my students yesterday shared an idea with me that he had kicking around in his head for a while, which he called continued multiplication. Essentially, [...]

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November 8, 2011

Two great, idiosyncratic problem sources online

Two problems have been floating around in my head lately, and it’s only fair to share them, and let you know where I got them. Imagine this: You have four [...]

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October 13, 2011

Squares of Differences III: a surprising solution

[See Squares of Differences I and Squares of Differences II, and apologies for the tardiness of the posting] I’ve learned a lot about Squares of Difference [...]

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August 15, 2011

Numberplay at the New York Times Puzzle Blog

Katherine submitted the puzzle for this week’s Numberplay at the New York Times Puzzle Blog, a lovely puzzle in honor of Avoid Triangles At All Costs [...]

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July 26, 2011

Creative Disobedience

This blog post on the educational value of creative disobedience has been making the rounds lately in some math/science circles. It’s excellently conceived [...]

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