Feature
2 December 2024 / 2 December 2024 by Nathan AG
This is the city of Königsberg in the 18th century. The problem was simple: Can you walk through the city and cross each bridge exactly once?
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19 November 2024 / 3 December 2024 by Etti B
Can you move three disks from one post to another?
Competitions
28 July 2024 / 1 November 2024 by Charlton C
Are you a student or school interested in participating in a UKMT Maths Challenge this coming academic year? Make sure you know how to sign up and when they take place.
16 April 2024 / 10 November 2024 by Etti B
Why is it that if there are 23 people in a room, it is more likely than not that two of share share a birthday?
4 September 2023 / 1 April 2024 by Charlton C
Creative bathroom tiling isn’t just a problem for DIY home renovators! It is also one of the hardest and most interesting problems in mathematics. Imagine a bathroom floor made up of black and white tiles. They are the same shape and fit together perfectly, so no overlaps or gaps. You are probably imagining rectangles or hexagons, something you might even have yourself, a ‘periodic’ pattern that will repeat forever. So is it possible to find an ‘aperiodic’ shape that will not repeat? Even if your bathroom went on forever?
14 August 2023 / 31 October 2024 by Charlton C
The Monty Hall Problem is one of the most interesting logic puzzles around. It is named after Monty Hall, who hosted the American Gameshow Let’s Make a Deal, where there was a particular challenge that if players picked the right door from 3, they could win a car. (The other doors contain goats)
News
14 August 2023 / 27 May 2024 by Charlton C
At our first meeting, we were amazed when Australian-born author, comedian and mathematician Matt Parker sent us a wonderful introductory video, and also our oldest puzzle.
