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The document discusses 5 puzzles or riddles related to problem solving in mathematics: KenKen, Magic Squares, Tower of Hanoi, Sudoku, and 2048. It provides instructions on how each puzzle works and explaining the solutions using concepts learned in the lesson.

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Weeks 6-9

The document discusses 5 puzzles or riddles related to problem solving in mathematics: KenKen, Magic Squares, Tower of Hanoi, Sudoku, and 2048. It provides instructions on how each puzzle works and explaining the solutions using concepts learned in the lesson.

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Weeks 6-9: Puzzles and Riddles - ARG

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Find five (5) puzzles or riddles related in problem-solving in Mathematics. Discuss how i works and
explain the solution to the puzzles or riddles using concept you have learned in this lesson. Upload your
work here in dropbox.

1. KenKen is a “grid-based numerical puzzle” that looks like a combined number cross and sudoku grid.
Invented in 2004 by a famous Japanese math instructor named Tetsuya Miyamoto. It challenges
students to practice their basic math skills while they apply logic and critical thinking skills to the
problem. It is featured daily inThe New York Times and other newspapers.

2. Magic Squares can be a variety of sizes, the three by three grid is the smallest possible version and is
the most accessible for young students. This is also a great math puzzle to try if your students are tactile
learners. Using recycled bottle caps, label each with a number from one to nine. Have your students
arrange them in a three by three square so that the sum of any three caps in a line (horizontally,
vertically and diagonally) equals 15. It were introduced to Western civilization by translated Arabic texts
during the Renaissance.
3. Tower of Hanoi is an interactive logic puzzle invented by a French mathematician named Edouard
Lucas in 1883. Starting with three disks stacked on top of each other, students must move all of the disks
from the first to the third pole without stacking a larger disk on top of a smaller one. Older students can
even learn about the functions behind the solution: the minimum number of moves can be expressed by
the equation 2n-1, wherenis the number of disks.

4. Sudoku is an excellent after-lesson activity that encourages logical thinking and problem solving.
Sudoku puzzles appear in newspapers around the world every day, and there are hundreds of online
resources that generate puzzles based on difficulty.
5. 2048 is an online game and app that challenges players to slide numbered tiles around a grid until
they reach 2048. It’s highly addictive and not as easy as it sounds, so consider sending it home with
students or assigning it after the rest of the lesson is over. It encourages students to think strategically
about their next move, and it’s a great tool for learning about exponents.

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