400 Challenging Programming Problems in School Mathematics

If you are looking for programming problems to challenge yourself or to give to your students, then Project Euler is one good place to start.  According to the website, “Project Euler exists to encourage, challenge, and develop the skills and enjoyment of anyone with an interest in the fascinating world of mathematics.” True indeed, the site has collected more than 400 programming problems in mathematics.

Project Euler Programming Problems

Many of the problems are accessible even to Grade 8 students  but some are a bit challenging.  Non-computer science majors and non-mathematics majors who want to keep their “problem solving and mathematics on the edge” are also encouraged to try. To give you an idea of the difficulty of the problems, one problem is shown above.

If you want to take the challenge of Project Euler, you may want keep track of your progress by registering.

6 Technology-Rich Math Blogs By Techie Teachers

Mathematics and Multimedia has been providing you with technology resources  for teaching and learning mathematics for the past three years. If you are going to ask me to list other math blogs similar to Mathematics and Multimedia, I can point you to six blogs that I usually visit to check for tech updates.

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1. Great Maths Teaching Ideas

Great Maths Teaching Ideas shares maths teaching ideas and resources with teachers worldwide. Founded in July 2010, Great Maths Teaching Ideas has grown into one of the leading maths teaching blogs in the UK. With regular contributions, you can always find an idea on the site for teaching just about any maths topic. Curator of the blog, William Emeny is a full time maths teacher, a member of the TES Maths Panel and author of the best-selling teaching book 100 Things Awesome Teachers Do. » Read more

2250 Interactive K-12 Mathematics Problems with Solutions

One great website I discovered recently is A+ Click Math and Logic Problems. The website contains 2250 interactive mathematics problems from Kindergarten to Grade 12. Each problem has clickable choices and a solution appears if user’s answer is incorrect.

(c) A+Click

An image from a sample problem in A+Click is shown above. The question asks for the shortest path among A, B, C, and D from the origin to (7,6).

According to the website, A+Click’s  database adapts to student ability. To progress to a higher level, the student must answer 5 consecutive problems correctly.

If you want to see more challenging problems, Mathematics and Multimedia contains links to more than 20,000 mathematics contest problems and solutions.

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