Sylvie Wilson

Hare & Hounds

Hare & Hounds This classic two-player strategy game was popular in medieval northern Europe until the 19th century. It’s also known by many other names, including the Soldier’s Game, the French Military Game, and The Devil Among Tailors, to name just a few[1].  If you’re interested in combinatorics or graph theory, this might be the …

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Square It!

Square It! Square It is a fun, simple online game created by the NRICH Maths Project in Cambridge, England, that’s all about – you guessed it – squares! Discover the range and variety of squares on an nxn board, and try to find a winning strategy that fools your opponent every time. Click HERE to …

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Bubbling Cauldrons

Bubbling Cauldrons: Bring Out your Inner Alchemist! For this activity, you will need the following materials: counters with numbers 1-30 on them, and 3 cauldron cutouts (you can print out this worksheet if you’d like).  Starting with just 2 cauldrons, place the counters into the cauldrons in ascending order – you can choose which cauldron each …

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The Mathematics And Strategy Behind Gerrymandering​

If you are unfamiliar with the term, Merriam Webster defines gerrymandering as “the practice of dividing or arranging a territorial unit into election districts in a way that gives one political party an unfair advantage in elections.” But rather than trying to make sense of that long string of words, let’s start with a simpler, …

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