A Puzzling Square Katie shares a puzzle she recently saw shared by a magician, and explains how she used mathematics to find an answer. Read more 10. Jul 2024 | By Katie Steckles | 3 comments
Hanging Around with Mathematics Imagine you are hanging a picture on the wall. What if we wanted to be able to hang the picture so that as soon as any single nail is removed, it falls off the wall? Read more 13. Mar 2024 | By Katie Steckles | 1 comment
A Light Maths Puzzle Between me and my friends, many of whom are mathematicians, there is a long-standing tradition of passing around puzzles. If one of us hears about an interesting puzzle, it gets handed around until everyone has … 22. Mar 2023 | By Katie Steckles | 2 comments
A puzzle for November Earlier this month I was reminded of a lovely maths puzzle – one which I often see shared by recreational mathematicians and maths teachers, to test people’s logical thinking. The puzzle is as follows: What’s … 17. Nov 2021 | By Katie Steckles | 5 comments
Colouring Graphs Back in May 2018, I wrote about a recent mathematical breakthrough in the field of colouring – known as chromaticity of the plane. The notion of colouring is part of many areas of mathematics and … 13. Jan 2021 | By Katie Steckles | 0 comments
Striking a chord Here’s a puzzle. Imagine you have a circle, and inside the circle is an equilateral triangle – one which touches the circle at each of its corners, so it’s as big as it can be … 24. Nov 2020 | By Katie Steckles | 0 comments
The Five Bridges Puzzle There are times when I feel like I’m in a big forest and don’t know where I’m going. But then somehow I come to the top of a hill and can see everything more clearly. … 15. Jun 2020 | By Katie Steckles | 0 comments
