Sunday, May 21, 2017

May 14, 2017 - Math Circle 2.0

Warm Up

Using graph paper and a pencil, graphically solve the following multiplication problems:

2 x 3 = 
4 x 3 =
4 x 4 =
5 x 6 =
7 x 7 =


Sphero

Make a square and a triangle with the Sphero.  

Sunday, May 14, 2017

May 7, 2017 - Math Circle 2.0

Word problem

Cathy has 6 pair of black gloves and 6 pair of blue gloves in a drawer.  She needs to pick out a matching pair of gloves in complete darkness.  How many gloves does she need to pull in order to make sure she gets a match (one left hand glove, one right hand glove of the same color)?

Logic

Three friends and a missing cookie.  Based on the friends responses, who stole the cookie?

2-variable constraints

In the land of gnomes and dwarfs, there are seven total that came to a party.  Using that the dwarfs ate three more cookies than the gnomes, each being ate one cookie, and some graph paper, how many dwarfs and gnomes were at the party.

Bulls and Cows


Sunday, May 7, 2017

April 30, 2017 - Math Circle 2.0

Warm up

4 + e = 10  what is e?
9 - f = 3  what is f?
10 - g = 2 what is g?

1 + 8 = x
x - 5 = y
x + y = z
what is z?

i + 5 = 10
j + j = 14
j - i = k
what is k?

Number sorting

Sort the numbers in ascending order

8 2 10 15 13 4
18 5 22 11 9 40
d a j x s k

Sort the numbers in descending order

9 1 3 11 5 8


Sphero

Let's make a path around the classroom and see if we can program the sphero to navigate the path.  The kids picked a route and programmed the sphero to navigate the classroom.