• D4. Four Operations Revisited

    Four Operations Revisited

    One of the great things about mathematics is that it’s always possible to look again at familiar things and discover something new. Sometimes this can happen when you combine well-known things in a new way. For example, you’re probably familiar with the four basic operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. And you may have…

    Posted: 2022-01-30 15:18:25
  • D3. Zero Sum Game

    Zero Sum Game

    Is it possible to number the edges of a cube using each of the numbers -6, -5, -4, -3, -2, -1, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 once, so that for every vertex, the sum of the numbers on the edges that meet there is zero? (See figure 1 for a diagram of the…

    Posted: 2022-01-29 16:20:46

Issue: 2022 Winter