Journal of the Mathematics Council of the Alberta Teachers’ Association
Volume 26 Issue 2, June 1987
10 – 18
Mathematical Problem-Solving Classics
James M. Sherrill
While the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics has once again increased the visibility of problem-solving activity in the junior high school
mathematics classroom, solving mathematical problems has been going on for years. Over those years, certain problems appear over and over again, and they have become “classics. ” This article is limited to discussing only 10 such problems.