A son and his dad are out walking in the park and the son asks his dad a question. “Dad why is the grass green?”  “Well son that is a good question, but I don’t know.”  Replies his dad. They walk a little further past some flower beds and the son asks another question. “Dad

I stroll through the Internet looking for interesting articles on maths or numbers or education.   Occasionally I come across separate articles that have no direct link to each other, but they reinforce each other’s message. The first was from the Science Daily on 10 Feb 12.   (http://www.sciencedaily.com) Numeracy: The Educational Gift That Keeps On Giving?

It has been proven that the brain is like a muscle. The more it exercises, the more it can do.   Researchers found that playing board games twice a week increased the brain speed scores of elementary/primary school children by a staggering 27 – 32%! Problem solved, all we have to do to create the next

Scrabble was invented in the 1930s by American-born architect Alfred Butts.   Now if he had been into numbers instead of words, he might have invented Numenko.   He wasn’t so he didn’t; I was and I did. Alfred Butts, was a New York architect who was unemployed at the time because of the Great Depression in

Answers at the bottom of the page.   But have a go first, go on risk it.   Puzzle number 1. When asked about his birthday, a man said: “The day before yesterday I was only 25 and next year I will turn 28.”   This is true only one day in a year, so when was