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Games & Puzzles

A.L.G. Football: An Algebra and Pre-Algebra Skills Football Game, Oct 1987, 591

An Abundance of Solutions, May 1992, 384-387

Activities: Math Jeopardy, Jan 1988, 45-50

Activities: Math Trivia, Sep 1986, 446-454

Activities: Multiplying Integers, Jan 1992, 34-38, 47-51

Activities: Puzzles That Section Regular Solids, Sep 1988, 463-468

Add-Lo, Sep 1986, 434-437

Algebra Acrobatic Puzzles, Feb 1989, 144-145

Algebra Tic-Tac-Times, May 1991, 366-367

AlgeCadabra! Algebra Magic Tricks, Nov 1993, 691

The Amazing Mathematical Amusement Arcade, Sep 1986, 479

Base Two and a Magic Trick, May 1986, 348, 352-354

Bingo Games: Turning Student Intuitions into Investigations in Probability and Number Sense. Mar. 2000, 200–206 (see also Oct. 2000, 577)

Blackstone's Mathmagic, Dec 1993, 733-734

Board Games around the World, Mar 1991, 236

Bringing Pythagoras to Life, Dec 1995, 744-747

Bulgarian Solitaire, Jan 1993, 84-86

Chaos and Fractals, Oct 1990, 524-529

The Chicken from Minsk, Dec 1995, 778

Chomp- An Introduction to Definitions, Conjectures, and Theorems, Oct 1986, 516-519

Chuck-a-luck: Learning Probability Concepts with Games of Chance, Feb 1988, 121-123

Codes, Puzzles, and Conspiracy, Dec 1993, 785

Colorado Mathematical Olympiad: The First Ten Years and Further Explorations, Mar 1995, 243

Consul, the Educated Monkey. Apr. 2000, 276–79

Crossmatics: A Challenging Collection of Cross-Number Puzzles: Grades 7-12, May 1991, 409

Cryptarithms: Math Made Me Daft, Momma, Jan 1988, 54-60

David Copperfield's Orient Express Card Trick, Oct 1992, 568-570

Dictionary of Mathematical Games, Puzzles, and Amusements, Dec 1988, 755

The DIG (Diagnostic Instructional Gaming) Math Computer Program, Mar 1987, 252

Dodecagon of Fortune, Dec 1988, 734-735

The Domino Effect: Problem Solving with Common Table Games, Apr 1989, 240-245

Equilateral Triangles on an Isometric Grid, Dec 1990, 740-743

Expected Value and the Wheel of Fortune Game, Jan 1994, 13-17

Exploring Hill Ciphers with Graphing Calculators, Mar 1998, 240–45

Extending a Fibonacci Number Trick, Dec 1987, 744-747

Fiendishly Difficult, Dec 1991, 766

Figuring Out a Jigsaw Puzzle, Apr 1989, 260-263

FunMaths 1994!, Oct 1994, 576

FunMaths 1995!, Sep 1995, 530

Games for Developing Mathematical Strategy, Feb 1992, 96-98

Games, Geometry and Teaching, Apr 1988, 250-259

General Math Practice Puzzles, Mar 1990, 240

Geo-Pool and Geo-Billiards Activities for Geometry, Sep 1987, 490-491

A Geometric Puzzle That Leads to Fibonacci Sequences, Jan 1998, 21–23 (see also Nov 1998, 713)

Getting Started in Problem Solving and Math Contests, May 1988, 404

Graph Challenge, Sep 1987, 491

Group Theory: It's a SNAP, Apr 1996, 342–46

Guessing Geometric Shapes, Mar 1987, 178-180

Guidelines for the Use of Calculators in Competitions, Dec 1990, 749

Hidden Logic Puzzles, Feb 1993, 172

How Amazing, Mar 1994, 212

I Have a Number…, Oct 1988, 550-551

The Ins and Outs of Peg Solitaire, Nov 1986, 669

The Ins and Outs of Peg Solitaire, Feb 1993, 172-173

Integer Arcade, Apr 1986, 301

An Interactive Approach to Problem Solving: The Relay Format, Mar 1989, 168-172

Interest in Mathematics-It's in the Cards, Feb 1989, 100-103

International Mathematical Olympiads, 1978-1985 and Forty Supplementary Problems, Nov 1987, 687

Lateral Thinking Puzzlers, Feb 1993, 174

Learning and Mathematics Games, Oct 1986, 562

The Lighter Side of Mathematics: Proceeding of the Eugene Strens Memorial Conference on Recreational Mathematics and Its History, Sep 1995, 522

Logic Algebra Problems, Feb 1993, 175

Logic Number Problems, Sep 1988, 495

Logo Math: Tools and Games, Sep 1991, 486-487

Mad Scramble, Oct 1991, 578

Magic Math Plus, Sep 1986, 478

The Magic of Mathematics, Mar 1994, 150-153

Math Contests for High School, Vol. 2, May 1993, 429

Math Mind Benders, Books A-1, B-1, C-1 & Warm Up, Nov 1993, 693-694

Mathemagics: How to Look Like a Genius without Really Trying, Apr 1994, 295

Mathematical Carnival, Apr 1990, 333

Mathematical Cavalcade, Apr 1994, 295-296

Mathematical Challenges: Puzzles and Problems in Secondary School Mathematics, Feb 1990, 166

Mathematical Circus, Oct 1993, 614

Mathematical Games and How to Play Them, Oct 1994, 572

Mathematical Magic, Feb 1994, 132

Mathematical Puzzling, Feb 1989, 147

Mathematical Recreations and Essays, Apr 1988, 325

A Mathematical Study of the Game "Twenty-Four Points." Dec. 1999, 828-32

Mathematics Contests, a Guide for Involving Students and Schools, Feb 1991, 140

Mathematics Pictionary: The Sounds of Silence, Mar 1990, 200-201

Merlin Book of Logic Puzzles, Dec 1992, 767

More of All the Best from the Australian Mathematics Competition, Sep 1993, 503

More Thought Provokers, Oct 1995, 611

MTV in Your Classroom, Sep 1991, 450-452

The New York City Contest Problem Book, Jan 1988, 76

NYSML-ARML Contests 1973-1985, Apr 1988, 323-324

NYSML-ARML Contests, 1983-1988, Oct 1990, 572

An Olympiad Down Under: A Report on the 29th International Mathematical Olympiad in Australia, Nov 1989, 659

Pascal's Triangle--Patterns, Paths, and Plinko, Apr 1997, 270–73

Pi Day, Feb 1994, 86-87

Place Your Geometry Class in Geopardy, Dec 1987, 722-725

Playing to Learn: Math/Logic Games, Nov 1986, 665-666

Playing Twenty Questions with Attribute Blocks, Dec 1993, 765-769

Polyominoes: A Guide to Puzzles and Problems in Tiling, Sep 1992, 493-494

Polyominoes: A Guide to Puzzles and Problems in Tiling, Apr 1995, 348

Polyominoes: Puzzles, Patterns, Problems, and Packings, Sep 1995, 524

A Precalculus Crossmath Puzzle, Oct 1992, 540, 538

Prime Rollers, Oct 1992, 594

The Prisoner Problem--a Generalization. Mar. 2000, 192–93

Probability, Problem Formulation, and Two-Player Games, Mar 1994, 154-159

Problems for Puzzlebusters, May 1993, 430-431

Products, 1996, 362, 518, 612, 784

Products, 1997, 252, 254, 412

Products, 1998, 270

Products, Feb. 1999, 178-79, Mar. 1999, 277, May 1999, 457

Professor Percival Pinkerton's Most Perplexing Puzzles, Feb 1990, 166-167

Publications, 1995, 64, 244, 348, 524, 612, 614, 778

Publications, 1996, 74, 76, 171, 256, 434, 514, 500–1, 608, 609

Publications, 1997, 72, 249, 499–500

Publications, 1998, 187, 533–35, 538–39, 638

Publications, Jan. 1999, 70-71, Mar. 1999, 274, Sept. 1999, 552-54, Oct. 1999, 638, Dec. 1999, 842

Puzzles 4 Pleasure, Mar 1995, 244

Puzzles Old and New: How to Make and Solve Them, Mar 1987, 256

Puzzles, Perplexities & Obfuscations, Feb 1993, 175

Puzzles, Puzzles…, Apr 1992, 278-279

The Puzzling Adventures of Dr. Ecco, Sep 1989, 480

The Puzzling World of Polyhedral Dissections, Sep 1993, 504

The Radian Walk, Dec 1992, 726-727

Reader Reflections, 1995, 73-7

Reader Reflections, 1996, 267, 369, 625, 667

Reader Reflections, 1997, 31, 339, 683, 691

Reader Reflections, 1998, 71–72, 74, 151–53, 371, 451, 512, 514, 616, 649, 740, 743, 818

Reader Reflections, Jan. 1999, 80-81(see also Oct. 1999, 559, 611), 82, Sept. 1999, 461, 522, Dec. 1999, 785

Reader Reflections, Jan. 2000, 4, 36, 37, Mar. 2000, 170, 235, Apr. 2000, 334–35, Nov. 2000, 637

Realistic Problem Formulation and Problem Solving, Sep 1997, 430–34

A Review Game, May 1994, 336-337

Revisiting and Extending the Hog Game, Dec 1996, 728–33

Roller Dog, Oct 1990, 572

Rubik's Cube Compendium, Apr 1990, 333

The Rules of the Game. May 1999, 424-29

The Sales Game, Oct 1989, 528-529

Scratch Your Brain Where It Itches: Book D-1 Algebra, Book E-1 Geometry, Feb 1995, 154

The Second Scientific American Book of Mathematical Puzzles and Diversions, Sep 1988, 497

Secret Codes and Systems of Equations, Apr 1986, 256-258

So You Think You're Smart, Oct 1989, 578

Starship, Feb 1995, 113-115

Tacoma Shuffle, Mar 1998, 212–16

Tangoes, May 1994, 383-384

Test Your Math IQ, Jan 1995, 64

Test Your Number Power, Oct 1995, 612-614

The Thinking Person's Book of Puzzles and Problems, May 1988, 407

Thought Provokers, Sep 1993, 505

Time Travel and Other Mathematical Bewilderments, May 1988, 407

Tips for Beginners: Bingo in the Mathematics Classroom, May 1991, 370-372

The Unexpected Hanging and Other Mathematical Diversions, Sep 1992, 494-495

USA Mathematical Olympiads 1972-1986, Mar 1990, 237-238

Using Puzzles to Teach the Pythagorean Theorem, May 1989, 336-341

What Day Is It?, Sep 1997, 450–51

What If…?, A Case in Point, Apr 1995, 320-322

Who Knows?, Practical Math and Measures, Nov 1993, 696

Who's Winning at Monopoly Junior? Mar. 1999, 197-203

Winning at QUARTO!, May 1996, 374–75

WITPO (What Is the Probability Of), Apr 1991, 258-264

World's Hardest Puzzles, May 1994, 383

World's Most Baffling Puzzles, Dec 1992, 767

World's Toughest Puzzles, May 1992, 396

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