Math games and activities from around the world

Cover......Page 1
Copyrights
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Dedication......Page 4
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 6
Table of Contents......Page 7
INTRODUCTION......Page 9
1: THREE-IN-A-ROW GAMES......Page 13
Shisima from Kenya......Page 15
Tapatan from the Philippines......Page 17
Tsoro Yematatu from Zimbabwe......Page 19
Picaría, Native American......Page 21
9 Men’s Morris from England......Page 23
Trique from Colombia......Page 26
Nerenchi from Sri Lanka......Page 27
Dara from Nigeria......Page 29
2: MANKALA: BOARD GAMES OF TRANSFER......Page 31
Easy Oware from Ghana......Page 33
The Real Oware Game from Ghana......Page 35
Sungka from the Philippines......Page 37
Giuthi from Kenya......Page 39
3: MORE BOARD GAMES......Page 41
Pong Hau K’i from Korea & China......Page 43
Mu Torere from New Zealand......Page 45
Pentalpha from Crete......Page 47
Kaooa from India......Page 49
Awithlaknannai, Native American......Page 50
Butterfly from Mozambique......Page 52
Yoté from West Africa......Page 53
4: GAMES OF CHANCE......Page 55
Lu-lu from the Hawaiian Islands......Page 57
Native American Games......Page 59
The Game of Dish, Native American......Page 60
Stick Game, Native American......Page 62
Igba-Ita from Nigeria......Page 63
Spin the Dreidel, Jewish......Page 65
Toma-Todo from Mexico......Page 67
Trigrams & Good Luck from East Asia......Page 69
The Hexagrams of I Ching from China......Page 70
5: PUZZLES WITH NUMBERS......Page 71
Secret Code, Part I, Ancient Hebrew & Greek......Page 72
Secret Code, Part II, Ancient Hebrew & Greek......Page 74
Magic Squares, Part I, from West Africa......Page 75
Magic Squares, Part II, from China......Page 77
Magic Squares, Part III......Page 79
Counting Your Ancestors......Page 81
Rice Multiplies from Asia......Page 83
Dividing the Camels from North Africa......Page 84
The Ishango Bone from Congo......Page 86
Postal Codes from the U.S.A.......Page 87
6: PUZZLES WITHOUT NUMBERS......Page 89
Crossing the River in the Sea Islands......Page 90
Crossing the River in Liberia......Page 92
Crossing the River with Jealous Husbands from Kenya......Page 93
Crossing the River in Colonial America......Page 94
The Snake & the Swallow’s Nest from Angola......Page 95
The Chokwe Storytellers from Angola......Page 96
Decorations on the Walls from Angola......Page 98
How the World Began from Angola......Page 99
Children’s Networks from Congo......Page 101
7: GEOMETRY ALL AROUND US......Page 103
The Olympic Games Symbol......Page 105
The Yin-Yang Symbol from China......Page 106
The Dream Catcher, Native American......Page 107
The Tipi, Native American......Page 109
Round Houses in Kenya......Page 111
Cone-Cylinder Houses in Kenya......Page 112
Tangram Polygons from China......Page 114
The Pyramids of Ancient Egypt......Page 116
The Parthenon in Greece......Page 118
Pueblo Buildings in the U.S.A.......Page 119
8: DESIGNS & SYMMETRY......Page 121
Masks and Faces from the U.S.A.......Page 123
Native American Masks......Page 125
Hopi Flat Baskets, Native American......Page 127
Pennsylvania Dutch Love Pattern from the U.S.A.......Page 129
Mon-Kiri Cutouts from Japan......Page 131
9: REPEATING PATTERNS......Page 133
Yup’ik Eskimo Border Patterns from Alaska......Page 134
The Covenant Belt, Native American......Page 136
African Patterns from Congo......Page 138
Patchwork Quilts from the U.S.A.......Page 141
Adinkra Cloth from Ghana......Page 144
Tessellations in Islamic Culture......Page 146
Polygon Patterns, Islamic......Page 147
Be a Tessellation Artist, Islamic......Page 149
10: SELECTED ANSWERS......Page 151
BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 155
A WORD ABOUT UNICEF......Page 157