Tag: Math
Math trick Rijkswaterstaat provides extra water on the Lower Rhine near Amerongen
River experts from Rijkswaterstaat have used complicated calculations to ensure that extra water can be retained on the Lower Rhine between Driel and Amerongen in the coming days. This calculation…
Math game: “I know that you know that I don’t know”
“I know that you know that I don’t know” seems like a pointless clue… yet it is sometimes enough to discover the truth, as the following riddle shows. Albane and…
A nation where math declines is a nation that loses concord and power
Offer the reading of this article for free to a loved one: “A nation where maths declines is a nation that loses harmony and power” The article will be available…
All equal in math? A received idea!
Maths, the most egalitarian of sciences, really? If this idea seems founded, because of the characteristics of this discipline, where the general culture does not come into account, it is…
Math game: Euler’s lucky numbers
Prime numbers, like 2, 3, 5.7, 11, etc., have no proper divisor; that is, other than 1 and themselves. They have fascinated for a long time. In particular, mathematicians have…
Math game: what does a spool of thread revolve around?
A spool of thread is placed on a table… What does it revolve around? Around its axis? If the reel is placed on a table, there may be surprises, therotation…
How to learn math and become better?
Today, scientists are convinced: we all have the “math bump”. So how come some of us seem to handle numbers better than others? Probably because they implemented some methods that…
Math game: multiplication in ancient Egypt
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Animals of science: these fish can do math
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Math game: find the area of a small red square
How to calculate the area of the small red square? The area of a square with a side of eight centimeters is equal to 8² = 64 in cm². Elementary,…