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Very recently, one of my students had an interview for an internship at a very prestigious investment bank. They were asked the following…

Continuing my series on the interesting questions that students have asked me, in this article we look at a relatively straightforward…

A couple of articles ago, I discussed an interview question a student had been asked that I found interesting.

Continuing my series on the interesting questions my students have asked me, in this article we look at a problem from the 1997 Polish…

For many years, I have been using memes in my lectures. There are two main purposes for this. Firstly, they add a bit of humor to the…

One of the first articles I ever wrote on medium discussed what I had always considered to be my favorite integral, the golden integral is…

As some of you may have noticed, I have not published for about a month. This was because, as the title suggests, I took a break from math…

Let’s play a game. I have 5 levels of surd-themed questions below. The game is, as you would expect, to start on level 1 (question 1) and…

Have you ever asked yourself how to calculate an irrational exponent? In this article we discuss the accurate way to do exactly this!

In this article we look at a teacher versus student winner-takes-all time challenge.

I have always enjoyed questions that involve factorials. The first puzzle I can remember being given in a maths class required the teacher…

I recently went searching for some non-calculator Olympiad questions for a beginners' training session and I came across 4 interesting…

Continuing my series on the interesting questions my students have asked me, in this article we look at an interesting algebraic problem

You will not see me write about a lot of geometry puzzles for the simple fact that I am not good at them! They often require seeing the…

In this article, we look at two typical high school level word problems and discuss why they, and word problems in general, are so useful.

Continuing my series on the interesting questions my students have asked me, in this article we look at an interesting number theory…

Is there a mathematical justification for ghosts? Some people have argued that it is all a matter of perspective and dimensions.

In this article, I want to share a story with you about a student’s fascinating question about irrationals and the response of a very…

Continuing my series on the interesting questions my students have asked me, in this article we look at a very old math problem that uses a…

A very useful and simple substitution trick.

Continuing my series on the interesting questions my students have asked me, we look at a trick to solving what appears to be a…

Coined the “Impossible Puzzle” by world-famous math game and puzzle creator Martin Gardner, the following puzzle is often considered to be…

In my previous article (Math Fallacies, Part 1), I discussed why I enjoy mathematical fallacies and how I believe we can learn a lot from…

In a previous article (A Math Teacher’s Nightmare. Incorrect-Correct Maths.), I discussed what I termed “Incorrect-Correct Maths”. These…

In this article, I want to highlight some of those infuriating invalid math operations which produce the correct answer. It can be…

Continuing my series on questions my students have asked me, we look at another algebra-themed question with a very interesting solution…

Many of the problems in mathematics involve finding solutions of equations. Over the centuries our number systems had to be expanded to…