Presents many problems involving scheduling after-school activities and tournaments that bring the topic of Euler paths to a level of understanding for elementary students. (MKR)

Presents solutions for a problem concerning doubling a recipe from a previous article on number concepts in the October 1997 issue. (ASK)

Presents responses to a problem appearing in the December, 1998 issue on the concept of determining all possibilities for colored and numbered wristbands for students. (ASK)

When permitted, children frequently devise approaches to solving problems that are distinct from those typically used by adults. Presents examples of children's thinking from Project IMPACT which illustrate the crucial interplay between a teacher's instructional decisions and children's thinking while confronting mathematical misconceptions.…

Using sequential chains of regular n-gons in a row with one side touching, as for example, one triangle, two triangles, three triangles, and so on, students graph the length of the perimeter versus the number of n-gons and determine the functional relationship for different values of n. (MKR)

Describes how elementary school teachers demonstrated for themselves and their students how using simple drawings and visualization can improve problem-solving ability. (ASK)

Discusses the importance of having students pose their own questions and write problems. Proposes a subject related to the heart, blood, and the life-giving potential of blood. Provides related internet sites from which teachers can get information. (ASK)

Presents an activity to integrate literature into the mathematics curriculum that is an interesting springboard to problem solving, an opportunity to research famous mathematicians, and a vehicle to enhance the understanding of mathematics concepts. (ASK)

Describes a program to encourage students in grades one through three to draw illustrations for word problems and then use the pictures to help solve the problems. (MKR)

Discusses possible solutions for the problem of determining how many sandwiches were made with specific ingredients that appeared in the March 1998 issue of this journal. (ASK)

Presents a problem that uses the design show and asks students to find a series of moves to take the design from the top-left corner of a piece of paper to the bottom-right corner while remaining in its original orientation. (ASK)

Presents answers to the problem appearing in the January, 1999 Problem Solvers section of this journal, which was a strategy game called "Take Two" in which two players played by placing seven chips in a row and removing one or two chips each turn. (ASK)

Presents a problem drawn from real life that addresses finding a way to cross all seven bridges of Konigsberg, Russia. Illustrates a set of simple examples and an instructional approach in order for students to make sense of a seemingly impossible problem. (ASK)

Presents the problem of doubling dough by creating a mixture of dough that doubles in volume every minute when placed in a warm oven. Discusses ways of proposing this question in the classroom. (ASK)

Presents a problem on counting squares that emphasizes the computation and identification of squares. (ASK)