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Fun Mathbox for math lovers

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Fun Mathbox for math lovers
Swap Coordinator:pahasiga (contact)
Swap categories: Challenges  Boxes 
Number of people in swap:7
Location:International
Type:Type 3: Package or craft
Rating requirement:4.90
Last day to signup/drop:September 19, 2010
Date items must be sent by:October 19, 2010
Number of swap partners:1
Description:

For fun and difficult math!

I kept making a certain typo in the word "matchbox" until I decided it must be a sign. So, here it is - a MATHbox swap.

What do you need to do for this swap? It all grows logically from the swap name:

  • take a box
  • decorate it and fill with fun math

Now, to be a bit more detailed...

  • I want each of us, for this swap, to save a small box from trash. So, unless you are a chemistry teacher and have huge amounts of empty matchboxes, don't use one of them, and also don't make one yourself. You can take a box that used to contain pills, condoms, staples, embroidery thread, mints, cheese, chocolate, cookies... - anything, as long as it a small clean cardboard box that you'd throw away if it wasn't for this swap.
    Let the box be no smaller than a 32ct matchbox, but small enough to fit into a 10x15cm (4x6in) bubble envelope - except if you want to use a box that has some other shape than the usual cuboid (or rectangular) box shape - but still a mathematical one, of course. Decorate it on some mathematical theme (so nobody will know what you had in there). Don't forget that there's more to math than numbers...
  • What is fun math? Any kind of math-related jokes; funny, fake or just interesting math problems; math puzzles - logic problems, sudokus of all kinds, KenKen, Slitherlink, nonograms, light up, Hashiwokakero (bridges), Shikaku (rectangles), Nurikabe (Islands in the Stream), Dominosa, mazes, Kakuro, fill-in-crosswords, etc etc etc. You can cut problems out of magazines or books, copy from them (giving credit where due), or even create the jokes/problems/puzzles yourself. Don't stuff your box with pages from only one magazine, though (this is why I suggested copying, making them smaller - to fit more) - let there be at least four kinds of fun math in the box. You are also welcome to present your fun math in an even more fun way - as an ATC or inchie, for example.
    In this swap, you are allowed to send as difficult puzzles and problems as you wish, but please don't get too specific (like my master thesis theme that about five people in the world have ever worked with).

This swap is open to swappers with at least a 4.9 rating, no unexplained 1s and 3s, and at least three ratings for snail-mail swaps. I also reserve the right to ban as I deem necessary.

Discussion

pahasiga 09/11/2010 #

P.S. Just in case you have also noticed the other mathbox swap and read its decription, I would like to stress that in this swap, we do not send any buttons or ribbons - only puzzles, problems and similar brain-exercising items.

MorahLaura 09/11/2010 #

These "mathbox" swaps are realy cute! Love it!

scrapkween 09/11/2010 #

I love the idea too, although I am a little confused, is the only difference between the two swaps "no ribbons or buttons"?so for this swap we could no send any sticker, math type embellishments? Is that right?

pahasiga 09/11/2010 #

The difference is also in the difficulty of problems and puzzles allowed. In this swap, you are allowed to send as difficult puzzles as you want. I guess I better add it to swap description!

You can still send, say, sudoku ATCs made with stickers ("present your fun math in an even more fun way") like the swap picture that I just added (forgive me the quality, that's the only pic I have). In that case, it would of course be polite to send also the leftover stickers so that it would be possible for your partner to finish the puzzle. The shape of those would be absolutely unimportant, as the sudoku itself is already math enough.

pickleme 09/11/2010 #

Great ideas! My son LOVES math and math puzzles! Now I've got to start thinking about my boxes...

crescendo 09/13/2010 #

Can I put a cat in the box and then you have to solve whether it is dead or alive without opening the box?

racheljohnson 09/13/2010 #

I just featured this swap on the Swap-bot blog here. Very unique idea!!

pahasiga 09/14/2010 #

@crescendo - I'm going to guess "toy".

MorahLaura 09/14/2010 #

@crescendo - I had to LOL at that... geeky!

pahasiga 09/14/2010 #

If I get @crescendo for a partner, I will so put a cat in a box for her!

crescendo 09/14/2010 #

But not a cat litter box I hope!

zigg13pra 09/20/2010 #

Lol, I send to the same person for both...

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