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  • Maths Trails
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    Maths trails

    The NRICH team are always looking for new ways to engage teachers and pupils in problem solving. Here we explain the thinking behind maths trails.
  • Corresponding Sudokus
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    Corresponding Sudokus

    This second Sudoku article discusses "Corresponding Sudokus" which are pairs of Sudokus with terms that can be matched using a substitution rule.

  • The Naked Pair in Sudoku
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    The naked pair in Sudoku

    A particular technique for solving Sudoku puzzles, known as "naked pair", is explained in this easy-to-read article.

  • Games Related to Nim
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    Games related to Nim

    This article for teachers describes several games, found on the site, all of which have a related structure that can be used to develop the skills of strategic planning.

  • 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.

  • Latin Squares
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    Latin squares

    A Latin square of order n is an array of n symbols in which each symbol occurs exactly once in each row and exactly once in each column.
  • Impuzzable
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    Impuzzable

    This is about a fiendishly difficult jigsaw and how to solve it using a computer program.