Henry Carter Hull

Presents a collection of math activities that include brainteasers, magic tricks, and mind-reading games.

Illustrated riddles introduce strategies for solving a variety of math problems by using visual clues.

"A collection of interesting topics and ideas to fill spare moments... or perfect warm-up activities. 45 topics and mathematical ideas for the classroom or home, which are quick to introduce and set up but also genuinely stimulating and enriching. Although primarily designed to fill spare moments in normal lessons in Middle or High School, they enliven clubs, quizzes and end of term activities. They are an ideal source of thought-provoking investigations...

For many children, geometry is best understood as a hands-on subject. What better way to explore concepts such as area, perimeter, and volume than actually measuring area, perimeter, and volume? With this handy resource, children will build polygons out of pipe cleaners and flexible drinking straws, explore Mobius strips made from index cards, and model the Pythagorean Theorem using cheese crackers. These activities and more can be found in Junk Drawer...