Month: June 2022

For Mathematical Minds

Mathler Helper Beta 5 for iPhone Now Available on TestFlight

Mathler Helper Beta 5 (Version 0.6.1) is now available on TestFlight. Press here to download. This release includes several improvements from the previous beta release: Support for both negative numbers and decimal numbers (-19, 11.5, 524.333333, and even 36.94117647058823 are all supported). An alert is displayed if a guess is entered that does not enter…
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The Order of Operations: Why 3 – 2 + 1 = 2 not 0

When people look at a mathematical expression it must mean the same thing to them or they won’t be able to talk about it, work together effectively, or even agree on puzzle solutions! To have that common understanding, they must agree what order will be used to execute operations. “4 + 6” is no problem!…
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What if my child wants to play but isn’t ready even for EasyMathler? Be Mathler-ish!

Children who have only learned addition, or addition and subtraction, might say they’re interested in playing Mathler (perhaps they see an older sister or brother playing), but even EasyMathler uses multiplication and division. You certainly don’t want to squelch any enthusiasm for math, so you can play a paper-and-pencil Mathler-ish game tailored to the skills…
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The Joys of Mathler

The popular Wordle puzzles challenge logic and vocabulary knowledge and skills.  The Mathler puzzles by Daniel Tait challenge arithmetic and logic skills — Wordle with a math twist!   The staff at Arundel Mobile Professionals has a lot of fun playing Mathler and discovering and sharing tips, tricks and results. We know that many people don’t think…
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Who can play Mathler? What level is right for me (or my child)?

Adults or children with basic arithmetic skills can enjoy Mathler puzzles. One key (especially for kids) is picking a puzzle at the right level which the tips below will help you do. As you work Mathler puzzles, you learn and practice some skills that are specific to Mathler — using the green/yellow Wordle-style feedback to…
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How To Solve the Mathler Puzzle

Sometimes people who are new to Mathler think the point is to find an expression that equals the target number, but that’s actually not enough! To “win” you need to find the expression the puzzle constructor was thinking of; we’ll call that the target solution. That’s where logic comes in – applying the information from…
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Mathler Helper Beta 4 Now on TestFlight

We are excited to announce that Mathler Helper Beta 4 (Version 0.6.1) is now available on TestFlight. Press here to download. This release includes several bug fixes and stability improvements. Support has been added for up to six guesses. Mathler Helper can almost always solve the Mathler puzzle in four guesses, but having all six…
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Mathler – Easy Level

The easy level for Mathler has space for five characters and uses just one operator. Some example of potential solutions for the easy level Mathler: 12+23 72/12 80-42 Most target numbers have less than 100 possible guesses, so you have over a 1% chance of getting it right in the first guess! Have you ever…
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Mathler Helper Beta 3 Now Available for iPhone/iPad

We are excited to announce that Mathler Helper Beta 3 (Version 0.6) is now available from TestFlight! Click here to download. This update contains the following changes: Support for all 3 Mathler difficulty levels. The search button was removed. The app now searches for solutions automatically when entering a target number and when a guess…
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