Meaningful Maths

31/07/2022

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12/07/2022

This week's puzzle is a shape puzzle. All you need is a square of paper cut diagonally from corner to corner, so that you end up with 4 isosceles triangles (see picture). An isosceles triangle is a triangle that has 2 sides of equal length. Your challenge is to make as many different shapes as you can by fitting all 4 triangles back together. You must use all 4 triangles and you can only fit long sides to long sides and short sides to short sides. The whole length of the side must be joined.

Things to ponder:

How many shapes can you make?
How do you know when you've found all possible shapes?

12/07/2022

Hi to anyone still out there following this page 😊 I haven't posted on here for a while (personal stuff) but I still love maths and making people think about it/showing that there are different ways to enjoy (yes I said ENJOY 🤣) maths! As I'm currently helping someone out with some maths I thought I would share the weekly puzzles on here. If you can engage your kids (or yourself lol) then without specifically telling them they're doing maths, they're doing maths - perfect for the summer holidays. If anybody wants to share ideas/thoughts behind the puzzles (which obviously grows a deeper understanding) then please feel free to leave comments to start a discussion. For anyone old enough to get The Karate Kid reference then this is Mr Miyagi style maths 🤣😍

Last week's puzzle was one called 'Magic V's'. All you basically need for this is 5 small pieces of paper with the numbers 1 - 5 written on them (see picture). The aim of the puzzle is to make both arms of the V add up to the same amount. The example in the picture doesn't work as the left arm adds up to 6 and the right arm adds up to 12. Change the numbers around (keeping the V shape) until you find a solution that works.

Things to think about:

How many ways can you solve the puzzle?
How do you know when you've found all the solutions?
What do you notice about the solutions you find?
Can you explain what you see?

Leave a comment if you want to start/be part of a discussion 🤩

28/06/2020

Albrecht Durer's magic square - with a magic constant of 34. All rows, columns and diagonals add up to 34, along with many other combinations, some of which are shown below. Can you find any others?

This is Albrecht Durer's Magic Square - not only to do rows, columns, and diagonals add up to 34, but so do all the combinations of 4 numbers marked by linked dots in the squares.
Jain 108

28/06/2020

Perception is everything! Each ball is actually moving in a straight line but collctively they give the impression they are rotating.

23/06/2020

Some great board game suggestions 😁
"Not all board games are created equal. If the only board games in your home are risk and monopoly – that’s equivalent to your bookshelves holding only harlequin romances. You can do better than that.
You should also avoid “educational games.” Most of these are painful to play. Choose games that are fun to play. Remember – the academic objective is not math skills, but problem solving.
Visit www.boardgamegeek.com for ratings of thousands of board games."
https://mathpickle.com/games/

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04/04/2020

http://myworldtheirway.com/2020/04/8-4-61-matchstick-puzzle/?fbclid=IwAR2K9o5E8HOwVS4RvNz8Y_phH-IlzNHT_XGjyU7THFyc_uqn3jDIua5vlzs

Can you solve the tricky 8 - 4 = 61 matchstick puzzle by moving just 2 matchsticks. These lateral thinking puzzle might change your point of view.

04/04/2020

Something fun and mathematical!

Donald's goes on an adventure in which it is explained how mathematics can be useful in real life. Through this journey it is shown how numbers are more than...

04/04/2020

A brilliant resource for kids (or adults!!) to play around with shapes, fraction bars, base 10 and more 🤩🤓

Digital Tools and Manipulatives for Mathematics Classrooms

03/04/2020

Also a great resource for maths puzzles 😍

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03/04/2020

For anyone who has not discovered Youcubed (at Stanford University) then go check it out!! It has awesome maths resources/ideas/activities and is run by the fantastic Jo Boaler 😍 👇

"In these times of uncertainty, youcubed is here to help students at home continue to explore and learn maths in rich and creative ways. We are collecting here modified versions of our tasks to be more home-friendly, as well as some new explorations designed for learners at home.

Please help us distribute these to anyone who might use them and share your students’ work with our community using the hashtag in social media.

In these times of uncertainty, youcubed is here to help students at home continue to explore and learn maths in rich and creative ways. We are collecting here modified versions of our tasks to be more home-friendly, as well as some new explorations designed for learners at home. Please help us distr...