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Math Trivia & Math Fun
Here is a collection of math trivia and math fun stuff from various sources to chase the math blues away!
Mathematics need not be dry and boring. Enjoy the lighter side of math with these collections of:
- Math Games - A collection of fun and cool math games by category: Algebra, Arithmetic, Decimals, Factors, Fractions, Geometry, Integers Probability, Statistics etc.
Matchstick Puzzles I
Matchstick Puzzles II
Matchstick Puzzles III
Matchstick Puzzles IV
Matching Puzzle Games I
Matching Puzzle Games II
Matching Puzzle Games III
Matching Puzzle Games IV
- Math Puzzles and Logic Puzzles
Sudoku Rules and Puzzles
Logic Puzzles
Logic Puzzles II
Math Puzzles
Math Puzzles II
Bridges (Hashiwokakero)
- Connect the islands with a network of bridges.
- Dominosa
- Tile the grid with a full set of dominoes.
- Galaxies (Tentai Show)
- Divide the grid into rotationally symmetric regions each centered on a dot.
- KenKen
- Complete the Latin square in accordance with the arithmetic clues.
- Light Up (Akari)
- Place bulbs to light up all the squares.
- Loners (Hitori)
- Black out duplicate numbers according to the rules.
- Magnets
- Place magnets to satisfy the clues and avoid like poles touching.
- Map
- Colour the map so that adjacent regions are never the same colour.
- Minesweeper
- Find all the mines without treading on any of them. This version differs from the common Windows version, in that you never need to guess.
- Netwalk
- Rotate each tile to reassemble the network.
- Pattern (Nonogram)
- Fill in the pattern in the grid, given only the lengths of runs of black squares.
- Rectangles (Shikaku)
- Divide the grid into rectangles with areas equal to the numbers.
- Signpost
- Connect the squares into a path following the arrows.
- Slant (Gokigen Naname)
- Draw a maze of slanting lines that matches the clues.
- Slitherlink
- Draw a single closed loop in accordance with the clues.
- Sudoku
- The original puzzle craze that launched logic puzzles into the popular mindset! Fill in the grid so that each row, column and square block contains one of every digit.
- Tents
- Place a tent next to each tree in accordance with the clues.
- Towers
- Complete the Latin square of towers in accordance with the clues.
- Unequal (Futoshiki)
- Complete the Latin square in accordance with the > signs.
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A Tribute to Lewis Carroll, a.k.a. the mathematician, C. L. Dodgson
(Lewis Carroll is the pseudonym of the English writer and mathematician Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, known especially for the children's books "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking Glass".).
Occasionally, the witty writer and the mathematician would be reconciled, and this part of the site is dedicated to those moments. You may peruse witty Math-related Quotations from his work,
or try untangling his math puzzles:
Tangled Tale: Knot 1
Tangled Tale: Knot 2
Tangled Tale: Knot 3
Tangled Tale: Knot 4.
Sayings and Quotes
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