A new math puzzle designed to challenge readers of all ages is coming to the Daily Press. David Genter, a puzzle developer ...
You and I go out to eat at a conveyer-belt sushi restaurant. It serves four types of sushi: ahi roll, Boston roll, ...
This holiday-themed brainteaser looks simple, but it's quietly tripping up adults everywhere. A math teacher walks us through ...
Puzzle 1: You are given nine gold coins that look identical. You are told that one of them is fake, and that this coin weighs ...
A version of this puzzle originally appeared in the October 1960 issue of Scientific American. What’s the Most Distant Galaxy ...
Math is not everyone’s favorite, understandably. Hours of math homework and difficult equations can make anyone sour on the subject. But when math problems are outside of a school setting, there’s no ...
What’s more, doing maths is often a collaborative endeavour – and can be a great source of fun and fulfilment when people ...
The inside of a bus may not seem like the ideal place to rekindle your interest in math, but a group of mathematicians is betting it will. Last month, the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute of ...