Often, elementary and middle school teachers find it hard to make students enthusiastic about working on on challenging problems in math contests such as MOEMS, Math Kangaroo and Math League. However, enthusiasm influence students' concentration on work, their creativity as well
Often, elementary and middle school teachers find it hard to make students enthusiastic about working on on challenging problems in math contests such as MOEMS, Math Kangaroo and Math League. However, enthusiasm influence students' concentration on work, their creativity as well as their willingness to work hard. Student's motivation for learning mathematical problem solving can be improved dramatically by recreational mathematics. This book teaches a wide variety of problem solving techniques in the context of KENKEN(r) puzzle. Covered techniques include making a table, divisibility rules, multiplication tricks, sets, Venn Diagrams, factors, logical charts, logical reasoning, working backwards, arithmetic sequences, and case based reasoning. Over the last ten years, Dr. Kulkarni has successfully used puzzles to teach creative 