Sudoku Puzzles Help Mathematicians

As sudoku is becoming increasingly popular in the United States, many universities are adopting these number puzzles as a means to develop math and problem solving skills in college students. As ACT scores continue to decline below the national average, there will be a greater need to introduce resources and material that will help incoming college students develop math solving skills. Mathematicians believe that sudoku puzzles are a good way to help below average students with this ability.

Sudoku can help develop math skills because players are encouraged to use logic and skill that normal math classes may not exercise, said Tracy Roberts, who is an assistant registrar for research at Murray State. Often times, it’s not solely the math principles that students misunderstand, but it’s the logic and reasoning involved in using the math principles to solve p