Numerarium

Numerarium is a challenging number game that involves Roman numerals. It is a fun game for anybody interested in math puzzles. The target age group is age 10 and up. Grad students of mathematics will enjoy this also. Students who have to learn the Roman numeral system are provided with a motivation to really wanting to know what LII, CXC, DLXXXIX etc. stand for. People who think they know the Roman numeral system will probably found out they are not so fluent as they thought they were. An all-time high score is kept, and represented, of course, in Roman numerals. The game works as follows: - you are given 6 numbers - you are given 1 target number Your task is to combine the 6 numbers, using addition, multiplication, subtraction and division, and get to the target number. You don't have to use all 6, but each number you can only use once. For example, try to make 431 with the numbers 8 10 25 2 75 6. Now imagine all numbers are represented in Roman numerals... The game has two complexity levels and generates thousands and thousands of problems. The puzzles can be solved at your own pace or you can race against the clock. You can also earn extra bonus points if you opt to compete against the machine and beat it. After you have solved a puzzle you can check how the computer would have solved it, and delight in its ingenuity, or sometimes, in your own ingenuity and its stupidity. Title: NUMERARIUM Version 1.1 MacOS System 7 (PowerMac not required) Description: challenging number game with Roman numerals Categories: Games, Educational Author: Edwin Bos, SOS Nijmegen Address: Weybroekweg 36, 6546 VB Nijmegen, the Netherlands Email: bos@fidalgo.stanford.edu Shareware: $ 5