This puzzle features a series of computations involving, among other factors, the
student's own age and birth month. After the computations are completed, students are
asked to find a pattern in their answers. This is best done in groups and is not
difficult if no computational errors have been made. After students have discovered
the pattern they can confound unsuspecting friends by telling them their ages and
birth months if the the friends share the same results of the same computational
process.
The real challenge in this puzzle, however, is to find out why it works. We hope that
you will give this month's puzzle a try.
