a homeschooling blog about Simon, a young mathematician and programmer, and his little sister Neva. Visit https://simontiger.com
Guess who was in town in mid-October? The amazing Vladimir Krasnoukhov, a one-of-kind puzzles inventor from Russia! (I know, I should’ve written about this earlier, but I’ve been lagging behind … Continue reading The Puzzle Man is Back!
Here is a fun math trick! Simon and Neva have made a 8 x 8 cm square (with an area of 64 cm²) and cut it into four pieces, turning … Continue reading A Fun Fibonacci Puzzle
Simon has a card puzzle for you. Can you work out the original order of the cards? (The answer is in the second video below).
Simon made this magic hexagon inspired by a Numberphile video. Every row of numbers inside the hexagon makes 38 (also diagonally) and every side sums up to 38 as … Continue reading The Magic Hexagon
Simon came up with an idea to make a puzzle of “squared squares”, a concept he learned via Numberphile. One square of 112 by 112 cm (the smallest possible of … Continue reading Squared Square Puzzle
Geeks out of the box 