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Math Gamers

Codes needs to be solved for a reason - not to please the teacher, but to save a kidnapped pet from the monsters! Any patterns here?


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We think that math is really all about how things are related and how they make patterns with each other. That's why the multiplication tables make sense when you think about it. Each number is just getting bigger by itself, by its own size. Like 2 gets bigger by 2 creating 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, and so forth - that's a sensible pattern.  We don't try to memorize these patterns, but we use them so much that they become pictures in our imaginations. The easiest ones are the Special Squares, the diagonal numbers on the big grid!

While most people are hoping to avoid problems, we want the opposite. Yes, we're looking for problems. When someone says, "Hey! You gotta problem with that?" We say, "Not yet. Please give us one. And we mean it!"

Can your class help too?

We're looking for other math classes. Object: problem solving. If you have ideas for interacting with us, please send them to us at tsmith@hannibal.k12.mo.us.

 

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