By David Shaw, 7 March 2018
1936 is a square number. That means you can make it by multiplying a whole number by itself: 1936 = 44 x 44
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By David Shaw, 1 March 2018
Late last year, Jonathan Pace’s computer found something special. Jonathan is an electrical engineer who also manages computers for charities, so he has a lot of computers, but this one was nothing out of the ordinary. Except for one thing: the computer was running software from the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search
By David Shaw, 27 November 2017
You’ll find yourself going a little loopy with this puzzle, but it’s worth unravelling the secret.
By David Shaw, 3 November 2017
Len Choa is a two player game from Thailand. It’s an asymmetric game, which means the two players have different rules to follow. In this game, one player controls a pack of six leopards, and their opponent controls one scary lion!
By David Shaw, 1 August 2017
Here’s a tricky puzzle for you! An eight pointed star, and seven coins. Can you put all the coins onto the star?
By David Shaw, 31 January 2017
Here are two tricky puzzles, which look strangely similar. Did we somehow get a puzzle inside your puzzle? You will need Scissors Copy of the printouts, which you can download here (two pages) What to do
By David Shaw, 4 January 2017
In this trick, you’ll wrap a shoelace around a pencil and a strip of cardboard. The string seems to pass straight through both, tearing the cardboard, but leaving the pencil untouched!
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, 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, 28 April 2016
People have been playing this boardgame for thousands of years. So come on, have a Go!
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