Joking Around

Aug 23, 2021 | Hinsdale

We hope y'all are having a great summer! I want to share some of my favorite math jokes - feel free to share with your friends too!

Why was Six so frightened?

Because seven 'ate' nine!

What has six wheels and flies?

A garbage truck!

How do you make time fly?

Throw a clock out the window!

And one for the grown-ups..

5 out of 6 people have trouble with fractions.

What is your favorite math joke?

Tell Ms Alex for three free punches. Have a great school year everyone!

The Pythagorean Theorem and its Consequences

Jun 28, 2023 | Hinsdale

Rubik's Snake - Our New Favorite Puzzle

May 3, 2023 | Hinsdale

In 1981, Ernő Rubik, hot on the heels of his 1977 smash-hit the Rubik's Cube, invented and released the Rubik's Snake, a very different kind of puzzle. The Snake consists of 24 isosceles triangular prisms, connected by spring bolts. The prisms can't be separated, but they can be twisted, allowing one to form the snake into many different shapes.

National Poetry Month & Mathematics and Statistics Awareness Month

Apr 12, 2023 | Hinsdale

April is not only Mathematics and Statistics Awareness Month, it's also National Poetry Month! To celebrate this union of art and science, the Smithsonian Magazine published [an article](https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/how-poetry-and-math-intersect-180968869/) all about poets and mathematicians who have brought the two disciplines...