Math Arguments
Problems, Questions, and Puzzles to spark discussion and argument in the maths classroom.
Stacking Bricks Question
A "happy" stack of bricks has a contiguous bottom row of bricks and each brick thereafter sits on half-lengths of one or two bricks below it. There is 1 happy stack with just one brick; 3 happy stacks with two bricks. How many with three bricks? Four?
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James Tanton
A "happy" stack of bricks has a contiguous bottom row of bricks and each brick thereafter sits on half-lengths of one or two bricks below it. There is 1 happy stack with just one brick; 3 happy stacks with two bricks. How many with three bricks? Four?
— James Tanton (@jamestanton) April 29, 2023
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