This, along with a number of other apparently simple questions, features in a new book by Rob Eastaway. Radio 4’s today programme extracted six of these conundrums and put them into a quick online quiz - suitable for self-declared maths-whizzers of all ages.
The Radio 4 quiz explains the often surprising (or unsurprising, if you’re a bit clever) answers to the maths questions. Give it a try!
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After some careful investigation we’ve determined users of the internet browser Safari, version 3.1, have difficulties finishing the assessment. Users of other versions of Safari should not have any problems.
If you weren’t already aware, the UK price of an annual subcription to our online Maths Tutor has been slashed. Existing and new customers alike can benefit from this.
Phil Mickelson, a man better known for his ability to, as Winston Churchill put it:
…hit a very small ball into an even smaller hole, with weapons singularly ill-designed for the purpose.
recently made public to the USA’s Congress his enthusiasm for maths and science.
