What is Math Night?

Alice laughed: "There's no use trying," she said; "one can't believe impossible things."
"I daresay you haven't had much practice," said the Queen. "When I was younger, I always did it for half an hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast."
    -from Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (a mathematician)

Mathematics is a rich and diverse field full of all kinds of impossible things: a strip of paper with a front and no back, codes impossible to break, a travel plan impossible to follow. Math can be rewarding, empowering, and FUN!

Math Night is an event that allows kids and their parents to explore and enjoy areas of mathematics they wouldn't encounter in everyday schoolwork. Kids can show off their math skills and discover new ones.  Parents, too, can learn something new!

Read our Guide to Math Night to learn more. It and many other resources on this site can help you set up a Math Night event in your neighborhood or school.