Several bicentennial games and puzzles, all using the number 1776, are described. (SD)

Activities described for using zucchini to teach measurement include: guessing, graphing, and measuring length and weight; comparing sizes and shapes; and puzzles. (MP)

Directions are given for preparing a puzzle that may be used to provide practice in computation. (MP)

Discusses some theorems and properties of figures produced when circles are tangent to one another. (GA)

This collection of palindromes, pangrams, acrostics, word squares and word ladders, visual and numerical puzzles, silly names, and much more is designed to delight, surprise, and challenge both the novice and the expert player of word games. It uses the metaphor of a busy, cosmopolitan city to showcase three facets of words: forms of letters,…

Four mathematical puzzles or games appropriate for secondary students are described. (MK)

Results of a study of 38 preschool children observed and videotaped during performance on a jigsaw-puzzle task indicate that puzzle solutions accompanied by a high rate of verbalizations were judged as more proficient, solved with a high rate of puzzle-solving moves, and completed in a shorter period of time. (Author/RH)

Examines the history of word games, their various forms, and analyzes their comic nature as a breakdown of normal communication processes. (AM)

Presents a crossword puzzle designed to familiarize students with Greek and Latin rhetorical terminology. Leads students to determine the rhetorical concept associated with each Latin term used as a clue; to discover the appropriate Greek term associated with each rhetorical concept; and to write each Greek term in Greek characters. (JMF)

Five graded sets of examples of alphametrics are provided. The puzzles are suggested for use in developing the traits of considering all possibilities and systematic working. (MP)

The transfer between problems having related structures was investigated. The results indicated that transfer occurred for both algebraic and puzzle problems, and significant transfer resulted when the generalization was solved first. (MP)

Illustrates how mathematicians work and do mathematical research through the use of a puzzle. Demonstrates how general rules, then theorems develop from special cases. This approach may be used as a research project in high school classrooms or math club settings with the teacher helping to formulate questions, set goals, and avoid becoming…

Presents activities that engage students and promote discussion emphasizing the history of mathematics, diversity, and multiculturalism. Six activities included are Crossword Puzzle, Date of Event, Quotes Matching, Famous Mathematical Expressions, Calendar Scramble, and Map Puzzle. Also lists related World Wide Web sites. Contains 15 references.…