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At Three Peaks School, they’re planning to build a gigantic triangle. The sides have just arrived, on the back of some truly ridiculous trucks, and with police escort.

Imagine a place called Occhiblu station, where they’re trying to breed cows with blue eyes. They have 100 cows on the station, and some of them have one blue eye. Of the rest of the cows, half have two blue eyes.

One of the biggest prizes in mathematics has just been announced! Karen Uhlenbeck has won the Abel Prize, and will receive her award from the King of Norway in May. She has answered questions in many areas of mathematics. Plus, one of her most famous results explores questions that have no answer.

Terry is inspecting a huge clock. It’s 2:12 and they just finished examining the big hand.

Four mathematicians – Annie, Beth, Carol and Donna – have a fun tradition. Every Friday, they order a pizza. But before they can eat, they must each solve a puzzle. There’s one more strange thing about these mathematicians. It takes each of them exactly one minute to eat a slice of pizza.This Friday, Annie was […]

Which two whole numbers – without any zeros – multiply together to make 1 000 000?

Maryam had been practising the times tables really hard, so she was on the alert for interesting patterns. On her dad’s birthday she noticed something special. “You’re four times older than me, Dad,” she exclaimed.

Way back in 2006, an unusual anime began airing on Japanese television. Although the series was about aliens, time travel and other supernatural events, no one could have predicted the strange effects that The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumia would have on the world of mathematics.

What’s the next letter in this sequence? F, S, T, F, F, S, S, E …

Tilly started writing down numbers as she counted them out, “1, 2, 3, 4 …” She was interrupted when she was writing down the 33rd 3. What number was she in the middle of writing?