The Pancake Problem, first posed in 1975, is a sorting problem with connections to computer science and DNA rearrangements, which leads to discussions of algorithms, sequences, and the usefulness of approximations and bounds. The original problem was first posed by mathematician Jacob Goodman under the pen name “Harry Dweighter” (read it quickly) in 1975, and it has delighted math enthusiasts (including undergraduate Bill Gates) ever since!

Combinatorics

Problem Sets
Try a Smaller Problem

MP1 - Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.
MP3 - Construct viable arguments and critique others' reasoning.
MP5 - Use appropriate tools strategically.
MP7 - Look for and make use of structure.