Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
Maths Puzzles: Cryptarithms, Symbologies and Secret Codes
Davidson Institute of Science Education at the Weizmann Institute of Science
This online course covered topics in recreational math including cryptarithms and alphametics, ancient number systems - including Egyptian hieroglyphics and Roman and Greek numerals - barcodes and math operator puzzles.
3 weeks, 4 hours per week
Yossi Elran, Ph. D.
Metagrobologist and recreational mathematician
Davidson Institute of Science Education at the Weizmann Institute of Science
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Solve different kinds of cryptarithms and decipher symbologies
- Synthesise the knowledge gained from all the different steps into a coherent view of the art of information concealment
- Demonstrate puzzle solving skills
- Improve problem solving skills and out-of-the-box thinking
- Collaborate with other learners to solve problems
- Apply problem solving strategies in new situations
Syllabus
- 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
Issued on 10th August 2020
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