I am interested in puzzles and games and how they relate to mathematical thinking, not least through my involvement with the Maths Arcade initiative. I was pleased to read what is said on this topic in the 1982 Cockcroft report. This is the report of an inquiry started in 1978 “to consider the teaching of mathematics in primary and secondary schools in England and Wales, with particular regard to its effectiveness and intelligibility and to the match between the mathematical curriculum and the skills required in further education, employment and adult life generally”.
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Puzzlebomb – August 2014
Puzzlebomb is a monthly puzzle compendium. Issue 32 of Puzzlebomb, for August 2014, can be found here:
Puzzlebomb – Issue 32 – August 2014
The solutions to Issue 32 can be found here:
Puzzlebomb – Issue 32 – August 2014 – Solutions
Previous issues of Puzzlebomb, and their solutions, can be found here.
Puzzlebomb – July 2014
Puzzlebomb is a monthly puzzle compendium. Issue 31 of Puzzlebomb, for July 2014, can be found here:
Puzzlebomb – Issue 31 – July 2014
The solutions to Issue 31 can be found here:
Puzzlebomb – Issue 31 – July 2014 – Solutions
Previous issues of Puzzlebomb, and their solutions, can be found here.
Puzzlebomb – June 2014
Puzzlebomb is a monthly puzzle compendium. Issue 30 of Puzzlebomb, for June 2014, can be found here:
Puzzlebomb – Issue 30 – June 2014
The solutions to Issue 30 can be found here:
Puzzlebomb – Issue 30 – June 2014 – Solutions
Previous issues of Puzzlebomb, and their solutions, can be found here.
Puzzlebomb – May 2014
Puzzlebomb is a monthly puzzle compendium. Issue 29 of Puzzlebomb, for May 2014, can be found here:
Puzzlebomb – Issue 29 – May 2014
The solutions to Issue 29 can be found here:
Puzzlebomb – Issue 29 – May 2014 – Solutions
Previous issues of Puzzlebomb, and their solutions, can be found here.
A new recreational mathematics magazine from the Ludus Association
Imagine, if you will, a group of people who enjoy recreational mathematics and consequently decide that there should be more places for them to share fun maths. It’s crazy and unprecedented, I know, but humour me.
Recreational Mathematics Magazine does what it says on the tin. It’s a semiannual electronic journal published by the Ludus Association addressing “games and puzzles, problems, mathmagic, mathematics and arts, history of mathematics, math and fun with algorithms, reviews and news.”
Rubik’s Cube is 40 years old
Invented in 1974, patented in 1975 and released for sale in Hungary in 1977, Rubik’s Cube could certainly be considered to have reached its 40th birthday this year. To celebrate, inventor Ernő Rubik has helped put together a special exhibition at Liberty Science Centre, New Jersey, celebrating the history of the hexahedral enigma. The exhibition, called ‘Beyond Rubik’s Cube’, opens on 26th April for several months.