Describes various kinds of games for one and two players. Provides the diagrams and rules for the games and puzzles. (YP)

The well-planned writing workshop is an effective tool for expanding the mathematical discourse of students and helping them become more skillful writers in the discipline. This article reviews a step-by-step process for conducting a workshop and details different reader response strategies. It also offers suggestions for various types of…

Several activities focusing on the number 1976 are presented. (SD)

This is the fifth in a series of articles of mathematical paper-folding recreations. Presented are instructions for folding a circular disc to produce regular polygons. (JP)

The author has written an unpublished summary of his reactions to an earlier article on number patterns used to provoke mathematical investigations. His work is an additional demonstration of the potential mathematics that can be stimulated from such investigations. (JP)

This book is a partially annotated bibliography of books, articles and periodicals concerned with mathematical games, puzzles, tricks, amusements, and paradoxes. Volume 2 follows an original monograph which has gone through three editions. The present volume not only brings the literature up to date but also includes material which was omitted in…

This report represents a survey of some of the school mathematics contests which are conducted in the United States. The report is based on information obtained from fifty-nine national, state, regional, and local level contests. National contests are described separately. Brief accounts of certain school mathematics contests, the extent of such…

This literature guide is a bibliography of books, articles, and periodicals concerned with mathematical recreations. This is the third edition of a book which contained more than 2,000 entries in its original edition. Supplements have been added to bring the bibliography up-to-date. The guide is intended for the professional mathematician and the…

The author presents material suitable for use by teachers of gifted students in the junior or senior year of high school. The mathematics presented includes mathematical induction, the binomial expansion, number theory and Pascal's triangle. The author weaves much of the history of mathematics into the materials. Included are student tests and…

Counting, naming numbers, numerals, computation, and fractions are the topics covered in this pamphlet. Number lore and interesting number properties are noted; the derivation of some arithmetic terms is briefly discussed. (DT)

Some computations when done on the hand calculator yield results which can be read as words or phrases. (SD)

This discussion of the results of the mathematical Olympiad contains the average scores on each of the five problems, the winner of the Olympiad, and the Olympiad problems. (MP)

The author shows how changing the restriction context of "Fermat's Last Theorem" alters the statement of impossibility. (MN)

Describes development of an applied mathematics course in South Carolina that meshes concepts from students' vocational courses and mathematics principles. (CH)

Competitions at one high school are described: they try to attract as many participants as possible, not just excellent students. In one type, creativity is stressed; another is a tournament; a third involves problem solving activities. Examples are included. (MNS)