Voice of Sovereignty

MAKE 24 GAME


Listen Later

Send us Fan Mail

Can you make 24? You're given four numbers. Use addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division — all four numbers, each exactly once — to reach the target of 24. Sounds easy. It isn't. And that gap between simple rules and genuine challenge is exactly where real math learning happens.

In this episode of Voice of Sovereignty, we explore Make 24 Game by Dr. Gene A. Constant, DBA — a puzzle book in the GSU Math Enrichment Series featuring 110 brain-bending challenges across four difficulty levels, designed to build the mental math skills that calculators are slowly erasing.

This isn't drill-and-kill arithmetic. It's number sense. It's flexible thinking. It's the ability to look at a set of numbers and see multiple paths to the same answer. These are the skills that separate students who understand math from students who just memorize it — and they're the skills that show up in academic competitions, in technical careers, and in everyday life.

What you'll hear in this episode:

- The history of Make 24 and why it's been a classroom staple for generations

- How the four difficulty levels build progressive challenge without losing motivation

- The six winning strategies expert players use — and how beginners can apply them immediately

- Why mental math fluency matters more in the age of calculators, not less

- How GENO, GSU's AI voice tutor, speaks every puzzle aloud and provides real-time hints

Make 24 Game is available now on Amazon (ASIN: B0GBSGLS2G). Link in the show notes. Play the interactive version with GENO at GlobalSovereignUniversity.org/make-24.

Global Sovereign University: free, nonprofit, no tuition, no login. Just education that builds real capability.

Visit GlobalSovereignUniversity.org | Subscribe | Share with a student, teacher, or parent who needs this.

Support the show

 Enjoyed this episode?

Leave a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify — it takes 60 seconds and helps more people find GSU. Every review puts freedom's voice in front of one more person who needs it.

👉 Subscribe & Review

Voice of Sovereignty is a production of the Foundation for Global Instruction — a free 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to building a bridge to freedom through education.   (EIN: 39-2716552) 

🎓 FREE LEARNING TOOLS: https://www.globalsovereignuniversity.org/bookgames📖 GSU BOOKS ON AMAZON: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=gene+constant&tag=gsu2026-20❤️ SUPPORT THE MISSION:  - All book royalties fund free education. 

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

Voice of SovereigntyBy The Foundation for Global Instruction