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Prime Fighter

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Practice prime factorization by shooting numbers with their prime factors!

Main Concepts: prime factorization

Relevant Subjects: Number Theory, Finite Math, Discrete Math

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Sequence Stepper: Primes

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Can you navigate over the primes less than 100?Step carefully to cross this secret bridge.

Main Concepts: prime numbers

Relevant Subjects: Number Theory, Finite Math, Discrete Math

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Swipe Correct

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Don't take that placement test until you do wellin this game. Inspired by popular dating apps,you better swipe right only if the answer is RIGHT.

Main Concepts: arithmetic, algebra (common mistakes)

Relevant Subjects: Precalculus, Finite Math

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Cartesian Claw

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Learning about Cartesian coordinates? Find the points and grab the prize in this claw machine game.

Main Concepts: Cartesian coordinates

Relevant Subjects: Precalculus, Finite Math

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Quadrants

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Identify Quadrants I-IV on the real plane by placingthe puzzle piece in the appropriate quadrant.

Main Concepts: coordinates in the plane, quadrants of the xy plane

Relevant Subjects: Precalculus, Calculus I

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Subset Memory

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Can you list all the subsets without forgetting them? Play alone or with a friend.

Main Concepts: subsets

Relevant Subjects: Set Theory, Finite Math, Discrete Math

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Venn Master

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Learn about Venn Diagrams, and become a master of Venn shading.

Main Concepts: Venn Diagrams

Relevant Subjects: Set Theory, Finite Math, Discrete Math

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Venn Sniper

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Use sets from Venn Diagrams as your gun scope in this sniper game!

Main Concepts: Venn Diagrams

Relevant Subjects: Set Theory, Finite Math, Discrete Math

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Unit Circle Battle

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Defend the circle center (the "Core") from invading enemies. Ifyou learn some unit circle values, you will have a majoradvantage in predicting their position.

Main Concepts: Unit Circle (trig values)

Relevant Subjects: Trigonometry, Precalculus

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Quick Stats

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Feel comfortable with basic statistics concepts, like mean and median?How quickly can you determine which value is bigger?

Main Concepts: basic statistics

Relevant Subjects: Statistics, Finite Math

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Shooting Gallery

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Welcome to a number theory-inspired carnival game: the ShootingGallery of Eratosthenes. Keep each shot within the time limitand shoot out numbers, following the Sieve of Eratosthenesto find all primes on the wall!

Main Concepts: Sieve of Eratosthenes, finding primes

Relevant Subjects: Number Theory

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Conditional Maze

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Do you know what an "if-then" statement looks like? It comes in many forms.If you can interpret them, then you might make it through this labyrinth.

Main Concepts: conditional statements

Relevant Subjects: Logic, Finite Math, Transition to Higher Math

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Alpha-alpha

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Learn Greek letters (commonly used in math) bymatching their lowercase and uppercase formsin this traditional card game of memory.

Main Concepts: Greek alphabet (common variables)

Relevant Subjects: Transition to Higher Math

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15 Puzzle

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Order the classic 15 Puzzle of sliding tiles,of traditional values 1-15 or ofcommon mathematical values.

Main Concepts: math constants

Relevant Subjects: Transition to Higher Math

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Permuted Proofs

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Put the statements in order to prove the given claims.

Main Concepts: proof writing

Relevant Subjects: Logic, Finite Math, Discrete Math, Transition to Higher Math

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Cheer Tower

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Solve the classic Tower of Hanoi puzzle with a twist! Now,instead of using disks, use three cheerleaders. Solvethe puzzle in as few moves as possible.

Main Concepts: induction

Relevant Subjects: Transition to Higher Math

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Graphiga

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A "Bullet Hell" game inspired by classic space shooters like Galaga and Gradius.The twist: your special weapons are function graphs!Learning graphs has never been so wild!

Main Concepts: function graphs

Relevant Subjects: Precalculus, Calculus I

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Tangent Line Boarding

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Get a better feel for derivatives by keeping yourboard at the correct slope for the graph of oceanwaves. Keep matching the slope or you'll wipe out!

Main Concepts: slopes of tangent lines (derivatives)

Relevant Subjects: Calculus I

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Antiderivative

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Antiderivatives are like problems where you are given theanswer first. Hm, if only there was a game show like that...

Main Concepts: antiderivatives

Relevant Subjects: Calculus I, Calculus II

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Polar Points

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Get comfortable with polar coordinates byworking your way through these dot-collectingpuzzles.

Main Concepts: polar coordinates

Relevant Subjects: Calculus II

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Polar Swat

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Swat that pesky fly! Oh, and learn theshapes of the polar graphs he follows.

Main Concepts: polar function graphs

Relevant Subjects: Calculus II

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RREF Game

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Treat row reducing a matrix like a game,and get each game puzzle into RREF form!

Main Concepts: row reducing matrices

Relevant Subjects: Linear Algebra, Matrix Algebra

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Octants

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Similar to Quadrants, but in 3D.Place the blocks in the appropriate octantsto prepare for Calculus III.

Main Concepts: 3D coordinates, octants of R3

Relevant Subjects: Calculus III

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Missile Commander R3

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Inspired by the classic game Missile Command,use 3D coordinates to take down the attackingmissiles!

Main Concepts: 3D coordinates

Relevant Subjects: Calculus III

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Complex Quadrants

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Similar to "Quadrants"; this time fill theappropriate quadrants to show yourknowledge of the complex plane.

Main Concepts: complex points, complex plane

Relevant Subjects: Complex Analysis

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Limit Point Darts

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Let's visualize the topological definition of a limit point witha nice game of darts. Juststay in the neighborhood, without hitting the center.

Main Concepts: limit points/accumulation points

Relevant Subjects: topology

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Circle Sumo

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Sumo wrestling! With... are those circles? Topological open sets?You can decide- just do your best!

Main Concepts: metric distance, Euclidean distance

Relevant Subjects: topology, analytic geometry

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Hammy Sammy

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The Ham Sandwich Theorem (topology) andHam Sandwich Problem (computational geometry)describe bisecting sets.If it's always possible, can you cut the planewith a line to do it?

Main Concepts: Ham Sandwich Problem

Relevant Subjects: topology, computational geometry

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Sniper Extrema

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Find the targets at maximum and minimum pointsusing the derivative tests from calculus!

Main Concepts: First Derivative Test, Second Derivative Test

Relevant Subjects: calculus 1

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Convexteroids

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Can you tell if a polygon is convex or concave?

Main Concepts: convex and concave polygons

Relevant Subjects: geometry, computational geometry

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2-Cycle Cups

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Every permutation of a finite set canbe described as a sequence of "swaps".Learn about these "2-cycles" visuallyby swapping cups to different positions.

Main Concepts: permutation groups, 2-cycles

Relevant Subjects: abstract algebra, combinatorics

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Math Connect

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Inspired by the British Game show Only Connect,this game (for experience mathematicians andmath majors) presents different concepts andchallenges you to find a connection.

Main Concepts: everything

Relevant Subjects: everything

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Symbol as Pi

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Can you work out these small wordpuzzles based on math symbols?

Main Concepts: math symbols

Relevant Subjects: Transition to Higher Math

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Crosswords

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Crossword fan? These are traditional-stylecrosswords (letters, not numbers) with themesdirected at experienced mathematiciansand math majors.

Main Concepts: everything

Relevant Subjects: everything

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Choosing Shoes

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A game inspired by Russell's comparison of theAxiom of Choice to choosing shoes vs. choosing socks.

Main Concepts: the Axiom of Choice (AC)

Relevant Subjects: Logic, Transition to Higher Math

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Math Class Bingo

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Too bored to focus in your advanced math class today?Stay engaged (kind of) by keeping an eye and ear outfor these terms, in classic Bingo style.

Main Concepts: everything

Relevant Subjects: everything

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Pascal's Triangle Jump

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Learning about Pascal's Triangle and the Binomial Theorem?Practice the concepts while racking up points in this game.

Main Concepts: Pascal's Triangle, Binomial Theorem

Relevant Subjects: Number Theory, Discrete Math, Combinatorics

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Pascal's Skiing

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Ski down Pascal's Triangle, trying to grabnumbers along the way for more points!

Main Concepts: Pascal's Triangle

Relevant Subjects: Number Theory, Discrete Math, Combinatorics

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Z/6Z

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A Slapjack-style game of attentive anticipation.Roll the die and add (mod 6). You mustthink quickly to know when to react!

Main Concepts: cyclic groups, modular arithmetic

Relevant Subjects: Abstract Algebra, Number Theory

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U(7)

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A Slapjack-style game of attentive anticipation.Roll the die and multiply (mod 7). You mustthink quickly to know when to react!

Main Concepts: cyclic groups, modular arithmetic

Relevant Subjects: Abstract Algebra, Number Theory

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Accountable

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Looking for an intersection of math and horror? In this game, you solve yourway out of a series of traps and lessons, using counting concepts to get youthrough. Inspired by (but not affiliated with) the Saw movie franchise.

Main Concepts: counting methods

Relevant Subjects: Combinatorics, Finite Math

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Word Scramble

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How many words can you make fromthese letters? How many arrangementsare possible in all? For word game loverswho want to learn some counting as well.

Main Concepts: permutations, factorials, probability

Relevant Subjects: Combinatorics, Probability

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Word Scramble 2: Permutations

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A follow-up to Word Scramble. This timeyou make smaller words instead of usingall the letters. But how many permutationsare possible?

Main Concepts: permutations, probability

Relevant Subjects: Combinatorics, Probability

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Word Scramble 3: Multisets

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A variation of Word Scramble that allowswords to have more than one of thesame letter. We focus on the counting,because the math is gonna geta lot messier - be prepared!

Main Concepts: permutations, multisets

Relevant Subjects: Combinatorics

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Statement

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Main Concepts: (logical) statements

Relevant Subjects: Logic, Transition to Higher Math

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Speed Sequence

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Can you grasp a sequence from its formula?Well then... how many terms can you write in 30 seconds?Ready, set, go!

Main Concepts: sequences

Relevant Subjects: Calculus II, Real Analysis

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Speed Series

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It's hard enough writing out sequence terms quickly.What if you had to add them up as you go?!Welcome to series (sequences of partial sums).

Main Concepts: series (sequences of partial sums), sigma notation

Relevant Subjects: Calculus II, Real Analysis

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Venn Magnet

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Looking for a unique puzzle game?Freeze rocks in space to create thecorrect Venn diagrams.

Main Concepts: Venn diagrams

Relevant Subjects: Set Theory, Finite Math

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Continuous

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In the spirit of Flappy Bird, you must avoid obstaclesto get as far as you can in this game. But you arecontrolling a pencil, drawing a graph that muststay continuous.

Main Concepts: continuity (continuous functions)

Relevant Subjects: Calculus I

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IVT

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In this retro-style game, your bullets ricochet off the graph to the y-axis.The graph is continuous on this interval you shoot from.Then you always have a shot. This is the power of the IVT.

Main Concepts: Intermediate Value Theorem (IVT), continuity

Relevant Subjects: Calculus I

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Velocity Ramp

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All you do is press down... a simple game... or is it?Learn about how the "slope" of an object's position functionrelates to the object's velocity, in this small gameof press and release.

Main Concepts: Velocity, Derivatives, and Slopes

Relevant Subjects: Calculus I

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4D Racquetball

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Racquetball is already intense in 3 dimensions. What if the ballwas also travelling through a "4th dimension" and "bouncing" offwalls in the same way. Can you catch it when it slides throughour 3D world?

Main Concepts: point coordinates in multiple dimensions

Relevant Subjects: Multivariable Analysis, Linear Algebra, Complex Analysis

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Origin

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Aliens are attacking from higher dimensions! Counter their threats with thisMissile Command-inspired game.

Main Concepts: metric distance, Euclidean distance

Relevant Subjects: Topology, Multivariable Analysis

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Tic-Tac-Toe in n Dimensions

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Ready to expand your mind? Take a step beyondour 3-dimensional world with a little game oftic-tac-toe.

Main Concepts: point coordinates in multiple dimensions

Relevant Subjects: Multivariable Analysis, Linear Algebra, Complex Analysis

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Matrix Pix

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Use linear transformations defined by 2x2matrices to reset the images in thisvisual puzzle game.

Main Concepts: linear transformations, matrices

Relevant Subjects: Linear Algebra

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Connective Detective

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Line up the suspects, read over the clues, andidentify the culprit based on logical statements.Come on, rookie, these cases are yours to solve.

Main Concepts: logical connectives (in English), logical statements

Relevant Subjects: Logic, Finite Math

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Logic Escape

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Make your way through a gauntlet of escape rooms,by solving puzzles using symbolic logic.

Main Concepts: logical connectives (in symbols)

Relevant Subjects: Logic, Finite Math

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True Frogs

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Isn't it nice when you know what is true, andwhat is not? What if you couldn't even crossa pond without this kind of understanding.Help the frog get across the truth table pond,if you can figure it out.

Main Concepts: truth tables, logical connectives (in symbols)

Relevant Subjects: Logic, Finite Math

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Graphiso

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You've gotta be a quick thinker anda quick mover to build an isomorphic graphbefore the vertices disappear!

Main Concepts: (planar) graph isomorphisms

Relevant Subjects: Graph Theory, Discrete Math

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Mod Snake

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The pressure is on in this game inspiredby classic games of "Snake".Can you guide your snake to 10 blocksbefore the enemies "mod you out"?

Main Concepts: (planar) graph isomorphisms

Relevant Subjects: Graph Theory, Discrete Math

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Four Color Coloring Book

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Take a timeout, relax, and color in this simplecoloring book. But wait, perhaps it's not sosimple... By the Four Color Theorem you cancolor without two adjacent regions being the same color.Can you do it?

Main Concepts: Four Color Theorem

Relevant Subjects: Graph Theory, Discrete Math

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Mini Mysteries

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Time to do some detective work! Use yourknowledge of four common logical argumentforms to solve these very mini mysteries.

Main Concepts: argument forms

Relevant Subjects: Logic, Finite Math

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Graph Goalie

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Use your knowledge of function graphs to blockthe penalty kicks for this soccer match.

Main Concepts: common function graphs

Relevant Subjects: Precalculus

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Monomial Volleyball

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in this futuristic volleyball game, control the ball withmonomial function graphs, and control your owngravity! First to 10 points wins!

Main Concepts: monomial function graphs

Relevant Subjects: Precalculus

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Odd Tennis

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Run around the tennis court to make your ballfollow different odd function graphs, in thistennis game that, well, bends some of the rules.

Main Concepts: graphs of odd functions

Relevant Subjects: Precalculus

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Truth Value

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Provide your own statements and determineif the new statements are TRUE or FALSE

Main Concepts: truth value (of a statement)

Relevant Subjects: Logic, Discrete Math

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Angle Diving

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Get your best score in this retro Olympic diving game,by doing lots of flips and landing in the waterat the best angle.

Main Concepts: angles (radians and degrees)

Relevant Subjects: Precalculus, Trigonometry

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Shot Put

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Spin and throw in this shot put game -but stay in the bounds defined by the angles.

Main Concepts: angles (radians and degrees)

Relevant Subjects: Precalculus, Trigonometry

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An Argument At Lakeshire

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Are you a fan of mystery stories? Inspired by classicSherlock Holmes stories, here is a short murder manuscriptthat puts you in the role of the editor. Finish thestory by identifying which argument form isbeing used in each deduction.

Main Concepts: argument forms, fallacies

Relevant Subjects: Logic, Finite Math

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Laws of Lakeshire

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Inspired by classicSherlock Holmes stories, this is a companion story toAn Argument at Lakeshire.As such, it is a short murder manuscriptthat puts you in the role of the editor. Finish thestory by identifying which logic law isbeing used throughout the story.

Main Concepts: argument forms, fallacies

Relevant Subjects: Logic, Finite Math

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Cyclic

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Get a better grasp of finite groups, generators of subgroups, and modulararithmetic in general, in this space shooter on a cyclic play field.

Main Concepts: modular arithmetic, finite cyclic groups

Relevant Subjects: Number Theory, Abstract Algebra

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Slope Battle

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In this retro Air Sea Battle (Target Fun) clone, get used to slopesand how lines with certain slopes cross a Cartesian grid.

Main Concepts: slopes of lines

Relevant Subjects: Precalculus, Calculus

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Point-Slope

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In this relaxing puzzle game, you shoot slopes to points to create lines.

Main Concepts: point-slope formula of a line

Relevant Subjects: Precalculus, Calculus

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Function Pong (beta)

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Electronic ping pong anyone? Volley against the computer, choosingfunction graphs to guide your ball!

Main Concepts: function graphs

Relevant Subjects: Precalculus

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Bats and Bugs

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Use graph shifts to swoop down as a bat.Rack up points by eating bugs.

Main Concepts: graph transformations

Relevant Subjects: Precalculus

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Shift

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Solve the puzzles by tranforming graphs with the appropriate numbers.

Main Concepts: graph transformations

Relevant Subjects: Precalculus

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Graph at Bat

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Step up to bat in this unique batting cage. Your bat followsa shifted graph off(x) = x2Be sure to shift correctly so the ball meets the end of your bat.

Main Concepts: graph shifts

Relevant Subjects: Precalculus

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e Bowling

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Let's go bowling! Shift exponential and logarithmic graphs to score the most points!

Main Concepts: graph shifts, exponentials and logarithms

Relevant Subjects: Precalculus

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A Murder in Logic - Chapter 1 (beta)

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Learn and use basic concepts of logic to get through the firstchapter of this murder mystery. (Content Warning: this isnot intended for players under 18 years of age.)(Also... this is not a full game, but a "proof of concept" - it is incomplete and very buggy)

Main Concepts: symbolic logic, connectives

Relevant Subjects: Logic, Finite Math, Discrete Math

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Absolute Slalom

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Stay within the intervals defined by the absolute values. Pass 10 gates to finish a run!

Main Concepts: absolute values, distance on the real line

Relevant Subjects: Precalculus, Calculus

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Epsilon-Delta Golf

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Play a round of miniature golf while reviewing the epsilon-delta definition of a limit.How low can you get your score?

Main Concepts: limits, precise definition of a limit

Relevant Subjects: Calculus

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Probability Casino

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Learn about basic probability whilegambling with unique casino-influence games!

Main Concepts: Probability

Relevant Subjects: Probability, Combinatorics

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Cartesian Copter

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Get used to the standard Cartesian x-y plane bytaking down your targets and evading enemiesin your attack helicopter!

Main Concepts: Cartesian coordinates

Relevant Subjects: Precalculus, Calculus

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Matrix Jet

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Fly your jet, controlling it with linear transformationsof matrices.

Main Concepts: Linear Transformations (of images)

Relevant Subjects: Linear Algebra

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Derivative Driver

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See how derivatives affect a function of position, while youtake customers around in the fastest rideshare car in town!

Main Concepts: (1st, 2nd, 3rd) Derivatives

Relevant Subjects: Calculus

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