Maths Puzzles
Cryptarithms, Symbologies and Secret Codes
Most FutureLearn courses run multiple times. Every run of a course has a set start date but you can join it and work through it after it starts. Find out more The course is designed for anyone who enjoys popular science, recreational maths and solving maths puzzles and crosswords. It will be especially useful for parents or teachers looking to inspire a love of math and do fun math activities with young people. You can use the hashtag #FLmathspuzzles to talk about this course on social media.
Topics Covered- Encoding maths puzzles, secret codes and symbologies
- Solving and creating cryptarithms - puzzles where numbers in a mathematical expressions are encoded
- Genres of cryptarithm including, ancient Hindu problems and alphametics
- Special and unique cryptarithms, including prime numbers, logarithms, square roots and powers
- Symbologies from ancient times to modern bar codes
- The language of computers including, binary, ternary and gray codes
- Decrypting ancient Egyptian number systems, Roman and Greek numerals
- Barcode puzzles and how to solve them
- Different types of operator puzzles including unary, binary and ternary
- Modern operators including, logic operators, text operators and operators in Excel
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Length | 3 weeks |
Effort | 4 hours per week |
Starts | Jan 13 (220 weeks ago) |
Cost | $44 |
From | Davidson Institute of Science Education, Weizmann Institute of Science via FutureLearn |
Instructors | Yossi Elran, Sabine Segre, Judith Golan, Michal Elran, shulamit kotzer |
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Language | English |
Subjects | Programming Engineering |
Tags | C R Science, Engineering & Maths |
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Rating | Not enough ratings |
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Length | 3 weeks |
Effort | 4 hours per week |
Starts | Jan 13 (220 weeks ago) |
Cost | $44 |
From | Davidson Institute of Science Education, Weizmann Institute of Science via FutureLearn |
Instructors | Yossi Elran, Sabine Segre, Judith Golan, Michal Elran, shulamit kotzer |
Download Videos | Only via web browser |
Language | English |
Subjects | Programming Engineering |
Tags | C R Science, Engineering & Maths |
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