By David Shaw, 9 October 2015
There’s only four pieces, but this puzzle is Totally Tricky!
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By David Shaw, 19 August 2015
Try not one, but two maths games! These games will help you create mathematical networks revealing underlying pattern.
By David Shaw, 24 March 2015
It’s a tempting treat and a mathematical conundrum. We’ll show you how to run a jellybean guessing competition, and give you some hints on how to win!
By David Shaw, 3 March 2015
Learn the Caesar cipher, one of the oldest codes ever devised!
By David Shaw, 15 April 2014
Here’s a hands-on puzzle to get you thinking! It’s a river crossing that will reveal information about how networks operate.
By David Shaw, 8 April 2014
Time to jump start your brain for the day. Can you solve this jumping puzzle? You will need A print-out of the jumping-puzzle template Scissors Sticky tape Assembling the pieces First make the playing pieces. Cut along the thick black lines to get three boy strips and three girl strips Fold each strip along the […]
By David Shaw, 12 March 2014
How many coloured pencils or textas do you really need to own? Can you get away with using just two? Time to get colouring with this maths activity.
By David Shaw, 24 December 2013
Grab some tokens and let’s go! Here’s a simple game to play with a friend.
By David Shaw, 17 December 2013
See if you can work out this puzzle. You might like to use an advent calendar to solve it, or maybe you could work it out in your head first!
By David Shaw, 3 September 2013
How likely is it that at least two people out of 30 will share a birthday?
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