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Tower Stack game strategy (aka tower bricks, tower blocks)
Hey guys, there is this game called “Tower Stack” or “Tower Bricks” or “Tower Blocks” (among other names) and you can play it on Facebook, or MindJolt Games, or Brothersoft Games (etc). Here is a...
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How to solve the sudokube
The Sudoku Cube is a ripoff of the Rubik’s Cube, where each face has the numbers 1-9 instead of colours. The goal: put the numbers 1-9 on each side with no repetition It was created in 2006 by some guy...
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Eyeball math game
Apparently I’m pretty bad at using my eyes. You can try out this game at http://woodgears.ca/eyeball/index.html The post Eyeball math game appeared first on Math Fail.
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Physics Games
Need to waste some time? This site www.physicsgames.net has a crapload of games that involve concepts like gravity, projectiles, constructions, “destructions”, etc. So far, I’ve played Splitter,...
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Guess 2/3 of the average
The game is… you compete against some other people each of you guess one number from [0, 100] compute 2/3rd’s of the average of the guessed numbers the winner is whoever is closest For example, if the...
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Math games by an Oxford math prof
This Reuters article talks about Oxford professor Marcus du Sautoy and how he is an advisor for the mathy webgame website: www.mangahigh.com It’s called Manga High and illustrated in the style of a...
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Four color game
http://www.kongregate.com/games/Onefifth/flood-fill In this game the goal is to fill in the pieces with at most 4 colors. Two pieces that touch can’t share the same color. The game is mathematically...
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Math drinking games?
Saw this on Terry Tao’s blog, it’s a drinking game suggested by Mark Schnitzius that can promote mathematical thinking. Mark says: “I was watching a travel show a while back — they were in Korea, and a...
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Conway’s game of life (in html 5)
Check out the site sixfoottallrabbit.co.uk/gameoflife where you can play Conway’s Game of Life (in html5). I was curious what the number 42 would produce, you know, since it’s the answer to life and...
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Self-Referential Aptitude Test
Jim Propp’s self-referential aptitude test is quite interesting. It’s a difficult puzzle but here are some hints/spoilers: Q1 states that Q1-5 must have at least one B. Q3 states that the number of Qs...
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Icosien (game)
This is a neat game – it’s called Icosien. If you know graph theory then essentially the goal of the game is to draw a Eulerian path (a path that visits each edge exactly once) in the given graph. The...
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Scoring in Robot Unicorn Attack
How to get a high score in Robot Unicorn Attack (RUA)! I’m sure most of you have heard of this game before (it has 32,000,000 plays on the adultswim website). In case not, try it out: Link to heavy...
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The game of Munch
See if you can figure out the optimal strategy in this neat game. The rules are simple, whoever eats the poisoned apple (red one) loses. It was created by Philip Brocoum. Click below to go to the game:...
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Monkey-Pirate-Robot-Ninja-Zombie
Mark Rayner’s variant on rock-paper-scissors! Monkey * Monkey fools Ninja * Monkey unplugs Robot Suggested noise: ee-ee-eek! Robot * Robot chokes Ninja * Robot crushes Zombie Suggested noise:...
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Maze Games
(Source: http://www.logicmazes.com/eyeball.html) (( Click for an interactive version )) The rules are simple, you start at the blue diamond that is circled and can travel horizontally or vertically,...
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Samurai Sudoku
The Samurai Sudoku puzzle is a variation of Sudoku except it consists of 5 sudokus which are linked via the centre one. It’s definitely a good challenge. (Source). The post Samurai Sudoku appeared...
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Sequel to tic-tac-toe – Connectioseys
This redditor developed a cool sequel to tic-tac-toe called Connectioseys. The post Sequel to tic-tac-toe – Connectioseys appeared first on Math Fail.
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Halloween Math Games
Here’s my collection of math themed Halloween games, enjoy!! Halloween Physics Puzzle Spook-a-Rama Pink Bunny Bats Vampire Physics Scary Blocks Frankenstein Math The post Halloween Math Games appeared...
View ArticleCool Math Games
The net has a great amount of interactive cool maths games. Below are a few sites worth taking a look at. Most of the math games are fun for all ages and they are all absolutely free. 1....
View ArticleCheckmate! Tough Dice Game
The impossible (yet so simple) dice game. Play the game: The number of moves until checkmate is: Instructions: Press the “Roll dice!” button to...
View ArticlePetals Around the Rose – Dice Game
Play the game here: The number petals around the rose is: Instructions: Press the “Roll dice!” button to start. Try and determine how many...
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How to Solve a Rubik’s Cube Videos
Dan Brown takes us inside on how to solve the Rubik’s Cube: Part 1 Part 2 The post How to Solve a Rubik’s Cube Videos appeared first on Math Fail.
View ArticleEducational games – Planarity.net
We had a math camp at University and needed something educational for the elementary school kids. We chose the topic graph theory and decided to teach them about planar graphs. It turns out that...
View ArticleAddicting Puzzle – It’s not Sudoku, it’s STRIMKO! Very addicting…
Strimko is a brand new logic puzzle with numbers, just like Suduko. It is based on Latin squares described by Leonhard Euler in the 18th century. The rules are simple: each row and column of an n x n...
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World of Warcraft – Negative gold problem
There is a flaw in World of Warcrafts statistics for “Total gold acquired”. A couple years ago, players discovered that the most a character can hold is 2^31 (or 2147483648) copper pieces of currency....
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