Teach mathematics & research maths education at @SHUmaths. #tmwyk with my son. Vice President at @IMAMaths. Blog: @aperiodical. Podcast: @mathsobjects.
Jul 29, 2020 • 15 tweets • 6 min read
Following on from yesterday’s experience with the captain’s age puzzle, I think there are issues around context and that he was looking for clues to solve a riddle. So I made him a ‘which ones can we answer?’ puzzles sheet. Do you want to hear how it went? #tmwyk 1/n
Prompt 1. He read it and said “No”. I asked why not? He read it again and said “7+5. She must be very older than the dragon I think. But I don’t know how old.” 2/n
