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Modular Space-Filling Tetradecahedra
This Gift Exchange item will consist of four flat pre-cut polyethylene sheets that can be assembled to produce two truncated octahedra with connectors for interlocking into the space-filling arrangement of copies of this polyhedron. Multiple…
Tags: Exchange Gift, G4G14, Studio Infinity
Octaroller
BUILD your OCTAROLLER ! from 3 parts square.
RACE your OCTAROLLER ! down the ramp in a straight line.
CHEER your OCTAROLLER ! with supplied cheering pom pom on a toothpick.
Octaroller is included in Geometric Foundations of Design: Old and New…
RACE your OCTAROLLER ! down the ramp in a straight line.
CHEER your OCTAROLLER ! with supplied cheering pom pom on a toothpick.
Octaroller is included in Geometric Foundations of Design: Old and New…
Tags: G4G14, Puzzle, Recreational Math
Penrose P3
I am making paper flexagons with Penrose patterns on them to illustrate the patterns. My stuff touches three things from Martin Gardner, Flexagons, Penrose Tiles, and Polyominos (the classification system for tetraflexagons is based on these with a…
Tags: Art, G4G14, Puzzle, Recreational Math
Quadratic Formula Nomograph
This is a cute graphical computing device which finds the roots of a quadratic polynomial. Stretch the (included) string between two scales representing the coefficients of the polynomial, and it tells you the roots! This device is based on an…
Tags: G4G14, Recreational Math
Rep-Tile Tangram
The gift will be a number of cut-out pages to create a rep-tile tangram: A tangram shape that is made from tangram shapes, that are made from tangram shapes.
Tags: G4G14, Puzzle, Recreational Math
StarHex-14: Theo Geerinck's 14 Polystars
14 tiles consisting of hexagons with 0 to 6 equilateral triangles attached on their edges can be cut from card stock provided to solve the large collection of puzzle figures presented. Five colors, each tile shape is unique with one mirror pair.…
Tags: G4G14, Puzzle, Recreational Math
The 14 Two-Color Frieze Symmetries in Mosaic Knitting
Mosaic knitting, a relatively new form of two-color knitting, has become popular because it is easier for the knitter than most traditional forms of color work. The price of this ease is an unusual set of restrictions on color placement for the…
Tags: Art, G4G14, Recreational Math
The Accountant
Martin Gardner would sometimes wrap puzzles inside stories he concocted, such as with the book “The Numerology of Dr. Matrix.” The following puts my favorite puzzle in that tradition: The Accountant
by Barney Sperlin
by Barney Sperlin
Tags: G4G14, Legacy, Recreational Math
The Art of Destroying Flexagons
Destroying flexagons can be fun and artistic! We suggest 4 different ways to artistically destroy flexagons, each with its own merit. Our exchange gift is a set of 4 flexagons strips, one for each demonstration and the attached explanation sheet.
Tags: G4G14, Puzzle, Recreational Math, Toy
The Martian Mayor Problem
The Martian Mayor Problem looks at designing square modular networks which create Euclidean distances between modules. The catch is that there are a limited number of tunnels (connections) between modules. This is a mostly open problem as far as I…
Tags: G4G14, Recreational Math
Traveling Through the Sierpinski Carpet and Menger Sponge
An ant wants to travel from one corner of the Sierpinski carpet to the opposite corner using the shortest possible route. And his friend, a termite, wants to do the same in the Menger sponge. Can you guide them well?
Tags: G4G14, Puzzle, Recreational Math