Three primary school maths questions stump adults

Adults are scratching their heads over three ‘simple’ primary school maths questions.  The first is the seemingly straightforward equation ‘8+2×4÷2’, while the second is a photo that asks you to identify how many triangles you can see in the picture. The third is a problem where fruit such as apples and bananas represent a numeric value … Read more

How good are YOUR maths skills? Quiz will test your knowledge

Could you ace a school maths exam? Tricky quiz will test your knowledge – with questions taken from past GCSE and A-Level exams Remote learning provider Oxbridge puts puzzlers maths skills to the test Quiz features eight questions from past GCSE and A-Level exams in the UK  Average time to complete is 2 minutes 45 secs … Read more

Prove your mathematical knowledge with difficult maths formulas quiz

Think you’re a maths whizz? Prove your intelligence by taking this quiz – and only the most skilled will score more than 7 out of 10 Quizmaster Tal Garner has shared a perplexing ten-question maths challenge The multiple-choice questions test your knowledge of mathematical formulas But do you have what it takes to beat this … Read more

Lucid dreamers can do maths equations while asleep, study reveals

From snoring to sleep walking, many of us do rather unusual things while we’re asleep.  Now, a new study has revealed that some people are ‘lucid dreamers’, and can answer questions and even do maths while they’re snoozing.    Researchers in the US asked lucid dreamers maths problems, such as ‘what’s eight minus six’, and yes-no … Read more

Maths professor in Singapore delivers two-hour lecture on Zoom only to realise he was on mute

Maths professor in Singapore delivers two-hour lecture on Zoom only to realise he was on mute the entire time Prof. Dong Wang of the National University of Singapore gave lecture on Feb. 4 Within first couple of minutes his screen froze and students couldn’t hear him  His mathematics students tried to reach him by phone and … Read more

Kyle Sandilands and Jackie O left baffled as they try to solve a maths question for seven-year-olds

Kyle Sandilands and Jackie ‘O’ Henderson left baffled as they try to solve a maths question for seven-year-olds… so can YOU work out the answer? By Mary Mrad For Daily Mail Australia Published: 00:48 GMT, 4 February 2021 | Updated: 00:54 GMT, 4 February 2021 A maths question intended for year two school students has … Read more

Maths and English GCSEs and A-levels could still go ahead this summer

Students and headteachers today demanded immediate clarity on whether GCSE and A-level exams will be axed this summer after Boris Johnson ‘bowed to the inevitable’ and shut all schools until February 22. The decision to close schools in England on the day many reopened after the festive break infuriated school leaders and unions who attacked the … Read more

Hand-written maths lessons that Dambusters hero Barnes Wallis used to woo his wife, 17, up for sale

Hand-written maths lessons that Dambusters hero Barnes Wallis used to woo his teenage wife are set to fetch £2,000 at auction.   The man who went on to invent the ‘bouncing bomb’ fell for Molly Bloxham, a cousin half his age, in the 1920s. But her father felt it was inappropriate for her senior suitor, who … Read more

Dog studies maths: Stray ‘attends’ an algebra lecture alongside undergraduates

Furry good student! Stray dog ‘attends’ a maths lecture alongside undergraduates after accidentally walking into a classroom The pug was hailed as a star student after appearing in a university in China Pictures show it sitting in the classroom alongside the students and lecturer One youngster joked the dog might be able to sit an … Read more