By David Shaw, 16 May 2017
Maths is everywhere! But it can be hard to find if you don’t know what to look for. Try this mathematical treasure hunt and you’ll soon discover some amazing mathematical secrets!
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By David Shaw, 20 March 2017
Here’s a quick puzzle for you – this square is too wide for its envelope. Can you find a way to make it fit?
By David Shaw, 20 January 2017
Written by Rachael Vorwerk Inside a small sample of powder, there hides a gigantic secret. In just a teaspoon of the stuff you’ll find the entire surface area of a football field. It sounds like something from Back to the Future, but for CSIRO scientists it’s the norm.
By David Shaw, 19 December 2016
Feeling festive? This cool mathematical bauble is fun to make, and looks great too!
By David Shaw, 15 December 2016
Picture this: you’ve just bought a nice little cake, just for you. Then your friends show up, wanting a piece. Lucky for you, mathematicians have developed some pretty cool ways of sharing.
By David Shaw, 25 November 2016
There are plenty of patterns inside a flower. Let’s follow one and see what drawing we get!
By David Shaw, 18 November 2016
Tired of tic-tac-toe? Try Achi, a trickier game from the African country of Ghana.
By David Shaw, 18 August 2016
For many of us, tying shoelaces is something we learned long ago. And yet, a surprising number of people do their shoelaces incorrectly! So how can you tell, and how do you fix it? Read on to find out!
By David Shaw, 4 August 2016
A few minutes with a ruler, and you can make a smooth curve from a bunch of straight lines!
By David Shaw, 8 June 2016
Thousands of years ago, ancient Chinese people played a game with strange dice – and now you can make your own!
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