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Learning Mathematics Through Games Series: 4. From Strategy Games
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Learning mathematics through games series: 4. from strategy games

Basic strategy games are particularly suitable as starting points for investigations. Players instinctively try to discover a winning strategy, and usually the best way to do this is to analyse the outcomes of series of 'moves'. With a little encouragement from the teacher, a mathematical investigation is born.