Math through Puzzles and Games

I’m teaching this course to help teachers enrich their math classes and deepen their mathematical understanding and knowledge, and to use puzzles and games as an entry point into mathematics.

Topics

  1. Nim Games
  2. Kenken, Sudoku and Latin Squares
  3. Other Japanese Puzzles
  4. Dissection Puzzles
  5. Card Tricks
  6. Fractions
  7. The 15-Puzzle
  8. Convergence