Maths to the Masses

What is this shape called?

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A Geometric Secret of A4 Paper

Problem:

We wish to make two folds in a rectangular piece of paper to form a trapezium (or trapezoid for the chaps across the water).  [Read more →]

In Part I we calculated the probability of winning a single-suit version of the Higher of Lower card game.  The objective of this post is to find the probability of winning the full, unsimplified, 4-suit version of the game played in pubs across the land. [Read more →]

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A Geometric Secret of A4 Paper

I’m not just going to give the answer away this time!  At least not for a while anyway… (Click here for the solution) [Read more →]

Mrs Farmer is frightened of mice.  One day she finds 3 mice in her kitchen.  She tries to scare them out, but these are no ordinary mice…

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Visualising imaginary forms…

This post builds further on the concepts discussed in the original 1-in-10 Gay Problem post and its sequel, Find a way to my Heart, and delves deeper into the abstract to discover an impressive 3d form hidden in our function.  It will be assumed that the reader has studied the preceding posts (5 minutes’ reading). [Read more →]

but he might not know it…

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This post builds on the ideas from the first 1-in-10 Gay Problem post and takes a step into the creative world of abstract maths.  [Read more →]

…a maths problem that is.

“If 1-in-10 people are gay, and there are 10 people in a room, one of the people in the room must be gay!”

Is this true?  Take a look here for the full analysis!

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