Category: Math Enrichment

$A pig tells a math riddle: what did the 0 say to the 8? Nice belt!$

March 31, 2021Critical Thinking, Games, Math Enrichment, Parentingby RH

Discover how spending time on math riddles can help your child feel smarter and happier.

Why did the math riddle cross the road? Like Mac and Cheese or an ice cream cone on a hot summer’s day, silly riddles are an essential comfort of a joyful childhood. No matter how corny a riddle is, it is pure magic to hear a child shriek with laughter at the goofy wordplay and puns of a classic riddle. …

$Text on image: "The only way to learn math is to do math." The AMC-8 is such a great way for kids to get excited about problem solving.$

February 23, 2021Critical Thinking, Gifted And Talented, Math Competition, Math Enrichmentby IMACS Staff

2021 AMC Math Competition Guide. Love Math? Score Better!

Everything you need to know to ace every level of the AMC competition. The American Mathematics Competition, better known as the AMC, is the first step to becoming America’s best mathlete and going all the way to the Math Olympiad. But the AMC is so much more than just the pathway to winning the title of America’s greatest high school …

August 18, 2020Critical Thinking, Math Enrichment, Online Classesby IMACS Staff

Virtual Math Classes as Effective as In-Person?

Virtual classes can be problematic for talented children. Teachers design classes so that every student — regardless of their skill level — can learn the material. When delivered in-person, teachers can adapt in ways that prevent more advanced students from becoming too bored. In a virtual classroom, that’s almost impossible. And that’s a big issue for parents of talented students …

October 23, 2019Computer Programming, Critical Thinking, Math Enrichmentby IMACS Staff

Crazy Stories You Won’t Hear Anywhere Else

Every school, tutoring center, and enrichment program has nice stories of former students. But only IMACS has crazy stories like these! Erik’s Crazy Story Erik was an IMACS Math Enrichment student years ago. Now he’s a sophomore in college and his mom wrote to tell us that he “just got a 100% on a Number Theory exam and he said …

Don't assume that she's not a math person

October 1, 2019Critical Thinking, Math Enrichment, STEM Educationby IMACS Staff

Some Kids’ Stories Start Rough, but Have Happy Endings

At IMACS, we’ve seen a lot. Girls whose parents have decided they were bad at math … at age 8. Children who couldn’t handle getting anything wrong … ever. Students who were great at memorizing, but got crushed the first time they had to actually think. Yes, we’ve seen all that and more. The good news is that we have …

August 11, 2019Critical Thinking, Math Enrichment, STEM Educationby Sports and Activities Magazine

Create Better Thinkers for Life

Originally published in the Sports & Activities Plantation Directory, August – October 2019. Register for a FREE class at IMACS! Located in an unsuspecting strip center in the heart of our city is an institute of higher learning for elementary, middle and high school aged students. While it has been a cornerstone of math and computer science for Plantation …

February 20, 2019Logical Reasoning, Math Enrichment, STEM Educationby Cole Travers

EMF Math vs. The Traditional Approach to Learning Mathematics

Cole Travers completed the EMF Math program during grades 6-8 through his public school district. He wrote the following guest blog post in which he compares EMF with a traditional high school math class and explains why EMF was excellent preparation for college. Throughout my three years in EMF, I got to learn mathematics in the way that a mathematician …

October 2, 2014Computer Programming, Gifted And Talented, Math Enrichmentby IMACS Staff

Challenge Bright Minds Early for Lifelong Resilience

Once upon a time, there was a bright student who first came to IMACS when he was already in high school. He was interested in learning to program and had heard high praise for our University Computer Science courses. The class began smoothly as teacher and pupil progressed through the principles of computational thinking. This student, who was used to …

January 5, 2012Curriculum Development, Math Enrichmentby IMACS Staff

Georges Papy: A Mathematics Educator for the Ages

IMACS pays tribute to Belgian mathematician and mathematics educator, Georges Papy, who died in Brussels back in November 2011 at the age of 91. Georges and his wife, Frédérique, also a noted mathematics educator, were two of the seminal figures in the development of what eventually became the IMACS Mathematics Enrichment curriculum. We are deeply grateful to the Papys for …

Math Enrichment

Discover how spending time on math riddles can help your child feel smarter and happier.

2021 AMC Math Competition Guide. Love Math? Score Better!

Virtual Math Classes as Effective as In-Person?

Crazy Stories You Won’t Hear Anywhere Else

Some Kids’ Stories Start Rough, but Have Happy Endings

Create Better Thinkers for Life

EMF Math vs. The Traditional Approach to Learning Mathematics

Challenge Bright Minds Early for Lifelong Resilience

Georges Papy: A Mathematics Educator for the Ages

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