What is making the solar system’s largest polygon? First discovered in 1988, researchers have reproduced the physics of the hexagon in a lab only recently. But they still can’t tell us what is creating the environment required to generate the hexagon, which is shown here forming over the storm-laden north pole of this unusual planet […]
Let’s get the teenage emotion out of the way for a minute and look at the facts. Are electric (and hybrid) vehicles any cheaper to own over, say, a 60 month loan period? More info here!
Many students struggle to figure out what the gradient of a vertical line is. Here is one explanation:
Zero is a really important concept in Math and has been mentioned earlier. A number of high school students still struggle with the concept of zero. This little movie from NASA simplifies the concept down to…well, almost zero! Chick on it to play – after all, you have zero to loose!
Try reading this gauge without a few Integers! Follow up question: Is 0 (zero) an Integer? (see Post Support for the answer). And, here is an interesting quote on Integers;
The blog slowed down a little over this long weekend but, even on holiday, I simply cannot resist seeing something mathematical around me. Take this dog pic for instance. Taken on the Gold Coast on Saturday morning, it shoes Bart’s dog chasing a ball thrown by Melissa and Chelsea (our two young mathematicians). A is […]
“He dropped out of University, but Texas billionaire D. Andrew Beal has always been fascinated by numbers and the theories behind them. Now Beal, who, with a net worth of $8 billion ranks 43 rd on the Forbes list of U.S. billionaires, is offering a $1 million reward to anyone who can solve a math problem that Beal […]
We find triangles all around us – whether in construction, surveying, flight paths, bridge design or in fabric shapes and tiles. This picture shows a clever use of equilateral triangles on a building in Brisbane city. You can find 38 jobs that use congruent triangles here! Find out more about the properties of triangles with […]
