April 10, 2016 - Math Circle 2.0

1.  Ages with Legos.  If one 2x2 lego square represented 1 year, make a structure that represents the age of each student.  A 1x2 lego represents 1/2 year.   A tower representing David's age was also built.  It is much taller than the other students' towers.

2.  Three teams are in a basketball tournament:  team dinosaur, team flower, and team mushroom.  Each team played every other team exactly once. How many games were played in total? A fourth team - team square - then joined the league.  The students then counted the number of games in total that the four teams would play.  Homework:  A fifth team joined the league.  How many total games would need to be played?

3.  Review Lego Squares.   We can make squares with 1, 4, and 9 legos. The next number of legos to make a square is 16.  How do you differentiate between a square and a rectangle?