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Squaring the Square

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Algebra / Arithmetic, Geometry, Mathematical Modeling, Problem Solving / General

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Each puzzle is a rectangle made up completely of smaller squares. These squares have numbers inside that represents the length of their sides. Just knowing a few of the squares side lengths, can you figure out all the size of all the squares in the puzzle?

Mondrian Art Puzzles

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Gord Hamilton

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Algebra / Arithmetic, Geometry, Mathematical Modeling

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Facilitator Guides, Photos & Videos, References

You’re Mondrian’s mathematical boss. Instead of allowing Mondrian to randomly draw rectangles and colors -you lay out requirements: 1) Mondrian must cover an N by N canvas entirely with rectangles. 2) Every rectangle in the painting must have different dimensions. 3) Mondrian must use as few colors as possible, and...

Bubbling Cauldrons

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David Klein, Gord Hamilton, Spencer Bowen

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Algebra / Arithmetic, Mathematical Modeling, Problem Solving / General

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Facilitator Guides, Handouts, Photos & Videos, References, Virtual Tools

Place our numbers into the cauldrons in ascending order – you can choose which cauldron each one goes in. However, if two numbers in one cauldron add up to a third number in that same cauldron, they bubble up and cause an explosion! This means that all the numbers, leave...

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Squaring the Square

Mondrian Art Puzzles

Bubbling Cauldrons