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Four students solved a geometry puzzle by pretending squares were resistors

Four Cambridge math students in the 1930s wanted to know if you could fill a square with smaller squares, each a different ...
Alameda Post on MSN

Math puzzle for February 13, 2026

Jeff Smith's Math Puzzle for February 13, 2026 - ‘Love may make the world go around, but oil lubricates the axle.’ The post Math Puzzle for February 13, 2026 appeared first on Alameda Post.
The New York Times

A New Puzzle Turns Earth Into a Rubik’s Cube, but More Complex

Continental Drift is one of Henry Segerman’s latest efforts to make mathematics “real.” Henry Segerman, a British American mathematician and mathematical artist at Oklahoma State University, is ...
Publishers Weekly

Math Lab for Kids: Fun, Hands-On Activities for Learning with Shapes, Puzzles, and Games

More than 50 activities connected to mathematical concepts—geometry, fractals, and tangrams, among others—are explored through 37 “labs” that feature step-by-step instructions and photographs. The ...