Connecting Math: Just for Fun

Mathematics is often seen as serious, abstract and difficult. In the "Just for Fun" activity, participants discovered and shared the playful side of math. In rapid exchanges between classes students would come up with a math question, game, riddle, joke or problem, and others would give their responses. In this way students were challenged to come up with solutions as they played, while at the same time learning about currencies, legends, customs, and life in general in other parts of the world.
Matemáticas en nuestras vidas
A Strange Legacy
The Barrels
Calculating with our fingers
Three caramels
Five Loaves
Hide, Hide Yourself
How Many Geese?
How Many Apples?
The Math Homework
Magic in Mathematics
Dividing the Dollar
Old and New in Math
A Math Question
Number 1!
The Boys and the Cows
The Man and the Camels
The Rabbit and the Dog
Two Difficult Problems

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