{"id":199,"date":"2009-05-24T21:23:27","date_gmt":"2009-05-24T13:23:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dr-mikes-math-games-for-kids.com\/blog\/?p=199"},"modified":"2024-02-16T21:14:39","modified_gmt":"2024-02-16T13:14:39","slug":"newsletter-21-squink-brain-puzzle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dr-mikes-math-games-for-kids.com\/blog\/2009\/05\/newsletter-21-squink-brain-puzzle\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsletter #21 : Squink Brain Puzzle"},"content":{"rendered":"

[This is a back-issue of this website’s newsletter<\/a><\/em>]<\/p>\n

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In my last email, I mentioned I was going to add a big section to the site, all about fractions. Well, so far so good. besides the equivalent fractions quiz<\/a> I mentioned in my last email, there’s a collection of equivalent fractions worksheets<\/a>, and a bunch of online fractions calculators<\/a>.<\/p>\n

After that, though, I took a two-week break from fractions, to make a brand-new brain puzzle game! The puzzle (I call it Squink<\/a>) is inspired by those IQ questions – you know, “How many squares are shown in this picture?” – if you are good at those, you’ll be good at Squink.<\/p>\n

“Squink” is short for “Square think”. There are two ways to play it. In one, you see a pattern drawn on a grid, and you have to spot all the squares and count them – but to make the puzzle more interesting, you need to count, for every space in the grid<\/em>, how many squares contain that space… Yes, Squink is more challenging than the square-counting puzzles in IQ tests. A veteran of Squink will have no trouble with them<\/em> any more!<\/p>\n

The other way to play Squink is to find the squares – you’ll be shown a grid full of numbers, and you have to draw a set of squares that match the numbers. There might be more than one solution, so any pattern of squares that matches the numbers is counted as a win.<\/p>\n

Head over to http:\/\/www.dr-mikes-math-games-for-kids.com\/squink-puzzle.html<\/a> and try out your squinking (square thinking) skills. There’s also a “Puzzle Designer” that lets you create your own Squink puzzle patterns, and share them with your friends!<\/p>\n

This brings to exactly 60 the number of free math games and resources on Dr Mike’s Math Games for Kids.<\/p>\n

Another new feature of the site is that you can now leave comments on any page of the site, just as if it was a blog. Comments can be anonymous, or you can sign in with your facebook ID, your openID or a couple of other ways. I moderate all comments before they appear on the site, so if your comment doesn’t appear immediately, don’t despair. (Note that I usually don’t pass frivolous or rude comments, comments with personal information, or solutions to puzzles!)<\/p>\n

So hop over to Dr Mike’s Math Games for Kids, leave a comment if you have something to tell the world, and then make up a really tough Squink puzzle to challenge your friends, colleagues or the kids you look after!<\/p>\n

Yours,
\nDr Mike…<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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