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Posted by Rodi Steinig

· Tuesday, May 27th, 2014

THE CRIMINALS OF THE WEEK (May 13, 2014) “It’s time talk about the criminals,” I announced to an exuberant group of kids who were not quite ready to settle into math circle. The word criminals got their attention. We tackled Smullyan’s Inspector Craig mystery puzzle #74. I expected a huge struggle for 2 reasons: more clues to keep track of,…

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Posted by Rodi Steinig

· Tuesday, May 13th, 2014

(May 6, 2014) Today I have a quickie report and lots of photos. We started with Smuyllan’s Inspector Craig puzzle #72. Today our variables A, B, and C represented Able, Beatrice, and Cable. I asked the kids if they realized that these are different people from the A, B, and C last week. “Of course,” came the reply. Then the…

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