Season

Spring 2016

See links below for handouts.

Schedule

Date BeginnersElementaryIntermediateAdvanced
Jan 16 Logic and Tetronimos 1 Logic and Tetronimos 2 Logic and Tetronimos 3 Math Games
Jan 23 Snow day. Math Circle will not meet.
Jan 30 Knights and Knaves and Pigeons Knights and Knaves and Frogs Knights and Knaves and Squares of Squares The Game of Nim and the Game of Jim
Feb 6 More Tetrominos Friends and Money A Square of Squares Nim and Four Points, Two Distances
Feb 13 Five Cards on a Table Five Cards on a Table and the Farmer and the Cow The Farmer and the Cow and Yoda Variations on the Locker Problem
Feb 20 Tetromino Shape Dice Rolls Logic and Lockers Tiling Puzzles
Mar 5 Bridge across the Moat Two Is Better than Infinity, Part 1 Rainy Days and Grandchildren Infinity and Beyond
Mar 12 Consecutive Numbers Two Is Better Than Infinity, Part 2 Weather, Divisors and Semicircles Coins, Dice, and Card Tricks
Mar 19 Venn Diagram Problems Two Is Better Than Infinity, Part 3 Adventure Problems How to Gamble If You Must (Expected Value)
Mar 26 How Many Can Sit at the Table? Two is the Best Number, Part 4 Eating Grass and Measuring Water Modular Arithmetic
Apr 2
Apr 9
Apr 16 Pizza Problems The Game of Cat and Mouse Handshake Problems Problems about Knowledge about Knowledge
Apr 23
Apr 30 Working Backwards Math Auction Math Auction Number Theory, Part 2
May 7 Adding Consecutive Numbers Tower of Hanoi, Soma Cube, and Arithmetic Puzzles Secret Codes Iterative Paper Folding
May 14 Hidden Rectangles, Building with Triangles and Mobius Bands Soma Cube, Mobius Bands, and Water Pouring Puzzles Chess Tours and Knight Moves Rational Tangles
May 21 Saturday, May 21 Julia Robinson Math Festival