Delta-K,  Problem Solving,  Volume 26, Issue 2

Mathematical Problem-Solving Classics

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.