May Ethical Thinking – Split or Steal

Posted May 15, 2024

Watch THIS VIDEO. Share your thoughts from an ethical perspective. Then consider the mathematical aspect of the player’s choice.

Happy ‘Safeer’s Palindrome Day’!

Posted April 27, 2024

Why is today (April 27) a ‘palindrome day’?      

April Critical Thinking: BREAKOUT – Witty and the Seasons

Posted April 4, 2024

Witty is exploring the seasons with STEAM in mind – Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts and Mathematics. CLICK HERE to try this BREAKOUT!  

First Day of Spring Logical Thinking Puzzles

Posted March 20, 2024

Here’s a springtime riddle: I start spring and end winter’s snows. I end dark nights and bring sunrise. I start smiles, put an end to woes, And I’m part of your start to surmise, So what am I? Answer in the comments. Now, try this Logic Puzzle, called ‘Cats in Spring‘.      

March Critical Thinking: BREAKOUT – Leprechaun’s Gold

Posted March 1, 2024

St. Patrick’s Day will be here soon! Our leprechaun friends are out and about looking for gold at the end of the rainbow. Try this BREAKOUT to see if you can follow him and find the gold!    

June Lateral Thinking – Sailor Cat & her Crew

Posted June 1, 2023

Sailor Cat needs to bring a wolf, a goat, and a cabbage across the river. The boat is tiny and can only carry one passenger at a time. If she leaves the wolf and the goat alone together, the wolf will eat the goat. If she leaves the goat and the cabbage alone together, the […]

June Math Thinking – Grade 7/8 – Birthday Month

Posted June 1, 2023

If the enrollment of a school is 400, will there always be at least two students in the school whose birthdays fall on the same day of the year? Why or why not?

June Math Thinking – Grade 7/8 – What numbers is removed?

Posted June 1, 2023

The average of 5 different numbers is 4. When the greatest number is removed from the set, the average of the remaining numbers is 2. What number is removed?

June Math Thinking – Grade 3/4 – Lamposts

Posted June 1, 2023

There are 9 lampposts on one side of the path in the park. The distance between each pair of neighbouring lampposts in 8 metres. George was jumping all the way from the first lamppost to the last one. How many metres has he jumped?

June Math Thinking – Grade 5/6

Posted June 1, 2023

There are 6 pails, 3 of the pails are filled with water. Can you move only one pail and make a pattern of: full pail, empty pail, full pail, empty pail, full pail, empty pail

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