Math Teachers at Play is a monthly Blog Carnival showcasing math activities and puzzles from teachers, parents, and homeschoolers all around the blogosphere.
It is organized by Denise Gaskins at Let’s Play Math, and I’m very excited to be hosting the 59th carnival on Learners in Bloom.
Here’s a little puzzle for you:
59 is the smallest prime that can be expressed using the digits 1 through 9 in order with only the addition and multiplication symbols between them. Can you find a way to express it with these rules? (one solution is at the end of this post).
And now on to the great ideas that were submitted this month…
Math Teachers at Play #58: Crazy, Funny Math
[Feature photo (above) by Alex Kehr. Photo (right) by kirstyhall via flickr.]
Welcome to the Math Teachers At Play blog carnival — a smorgasbord of ideas for learning, teaching, and playing around with math from preschool to pre-college. If you like to learn new things and play around with ideas, you are sure to find something of interest.
Let the mathematical fun begin…
PUZZLE 1
By tradition, we start the carnival with a pair of puzzles in honor of our 58th edition. Click to download the pdf:
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Math Teachers at Play #57 via So I Teach Math and Coach?
From preschool through high school, mathematics offers a wide range of puzzles, games, and interesting ideas to explore. The Math Teachers at Play blog carnival brings you a variety of mathy treats every month. Check it out!
Welcome to the 57th Edition of Math Teachers at Play the Blog Carnival!
The number 57 has often been used in entertainment. As in Agent 57 from the Hit TV Show Danger Mouse, Bruce Springsteen once sang about 57 channels (and nothin’ on), and I can’t forget one of my favorite movies Passenger 57 staring Wesley Snipes.
Math Teachers at Play #56 via Another Step To Take…
Would you like to learn about math books, games, puzzles, teaching tips, and more? Check out this month’s Math Teachers at Play:
Math Teachers at Play is a Blog Carnival for teachers, parents, homeschoolers and anyone else interested in learning and teaching mathematics.
According to the tradition of MTaP we start with some trivia related to edition number. Fifty six is a tetrahedral number, the sum of the first six triangular numbers. To model this number we laid out tiles to for the triangular numbers and then stacked them…
Math Teachers at Play #55 via Mathematical Palette
If you are looking for some mathematical inspiration, check out this month’s Math Teachers at Play blog carnival. It’s full of activity and game ideas, puzzles and problems, and interesting mathematics for students in elementary, middle, or high school. Enjoy!
Welcome to the 55th edition of the Mathematics Teachers at Play Blog Carnival. The number 55 is the 10th Fibonacci number and the sum of the first 10 counting numbers.
Below are the entries to the 55th edition of the Math Teachers at Play Blog Carnival…
Math Teachers at Play #54 via Epsilon-Delta
Looks like a treasure trove of mathy fun from preschool to calculus at this month’s Math Teachers at Play blog carnival. Check it out!
Welcome to the fifty-fourth edition of Math Teachers at Play! We have a great roundup of articles this month…
- Literacy
- Instruction
- Gamification
- Great Advice and Insight
Math Teachers at Play #53 via Motion Math Blog
We’re excited to celebrate the availability of Motion Math’s Pro editions and Motion Math: Hungry Guppy with this week’s Math Teachers at Play blog carnival, a monthly round-up of math-related blogs. We had some great submissions we’re excited to share with you — thanks to everyone who participated!
Let’s start with some math learning experiences —
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Math Teachers at Play #52
[Photo by bumeister1 via flickr.]
Welcome to the Math Teachers At Play blog carnival — which is not just for math teachers! We have games, lessons, and learning activities from preschool math to calculus. If you like to learn new things and play around with mathematical ideas, you are sure to find something of interest.
Scattered between all the math blog links, I’ve included highlights from the Common Core Standards for Mathematical Practice, which describe the types of expertise that teachers at all levels — whether in traditional, experimental, or home schools — should seek to develop in their math students.
Let the mathematical fun begin…
TRY THESE PUZZLES
By tradition, we start the carnival with a couple of puzzles in honor of our 52nd edition. Since there are 52 playing cards in a standard deck, I chose two card puzzles from the Maths Is Fun Card Puzzles page:
- A blind-folded man is handed a deck of 52 cards and told that exactly 10 of these cards are facing up. How can he divide the cards into two piles (which may be of different sizes) with each pile having the same number of cards facing up?
- What is the smallest number of cards you must take from a 52-card deck to be guaranteed at least one four-of-a-kind?
The answers are at Maths Is Fun, but don’t look there. Having someone give you the answer is no fun at all!
Math Teachers at Play #51 via Math Mama Writes
The new Math Teachers at Play blog carnival is up and running, with 51 math-related topics for your reading pleasure.
Noticing & Wondering
I’m a pentagonal number,
I have just two factors,
and if you put me in base 2, 4 or 16,
I’m a palindrome.
I wonder:
Is there anyone else like me in the number universe?
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