Category Archives: Math Games

Fresh Beginnings

A new school year is upon us, bringing new classes to teach or to take, depending on your year, new classmates to mentor or intimidate, depending on your mood, and in the illustrious high-paying danger-and-intrigue-filled world of grad student math … Continue reading

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Crossword Puzzle #26

This crossword is in a different format from the previous puzzles. I hope you enjoy it. Let me know what you think! The password to the answer key is math1. https://crosswordlabs.com/view/ams-crossword

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The Method of Markers

It’s Halloween time and kids will soon be trick-or-treating. But if your kids pool their candy, how can you make sure that each child receives a fair share? That’s where the method of markers can help! The method of markers … Continue reading

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Mathematics Awareness Month

April 2014 is Mathematics Awareness Month. The organizing committee will be releasing a different activity related to the 30 smaller images on the poster to the left. It is a great way to spread the joy of mathematics. What will you … Continue reading

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Mathematical Card Game

At the Joint Meetings, I have been able to meet many interesting people, including freelance author, Dana Mackenzie. If you look at his webpage, you can see that he has written lots of math related articles and books. One particularly … Continue reading

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