Abracadabra: mathematics in a magic trick

Abstract

This minicourse objectives to present mathemagic as a didactic and pedagogical resource for teaching contents of mathematics. Subdivided in four periods, the minicourse is aimed for teachers of basic schools and researchers of the educational area of Mathematics. The mathemagics are presented to the participants, discussed and explored with the objective of finding forms to introduce them into classes. The utilization of the ludic, such as games and the magics can trigger, in the students, a intereset in learning math.