Math Hacks for Scratch

Michael Mays has a PhD in mathematics from Penn State University. His teaching career at West Virginia University spanned 40 years, including roles as director of the Institute for Math Learning and chair of the Department of Statistics. His innovative approach to math education has earned him recognition as an Eberly Teaching Professor.

"Inspired by the author’s grandchildren, this book offers up a playful approach to mathematics learning using the block-based coding language pioneered by Scratch. Dr. Michael Mays has done a compelling job of using a creative coding platform to enliven and enrich young people’s engagement with math, by using coding to engage with numbers, puzzles, and patterns."—Margaret Honey, President & CEO, Scratch Foundation"Michael Mays' Math Hacks for Scratch is a combination of code and calculation that I wish I had as a student. It takes the challenges you find in math books and adds a Scratch programming twist. These 33 projects are more fun than doing math on a boring whiteboard."—Al Sweigart, software developer and bestselling author of Automate the Boring Stuff with Python

• IntroductionChapter 1: What Computers Think About NumbersChapter 2: Exploring Divisibility and PrimesChapter 3: Splitting Numbers With Priem FactorizationChapter 4: Finding Patterns in SequencesChapter 5: From Sequences to ArraysChapter 6: Making Codes, and Cracking Them TooChapter 7: Experiments in CountingChapter 8: Three Helpings of PiChapter 9: What Next?Appendix: Programming Challenge Hints