A scalene triangle has 3 sides of different lengths and 3 unequal angles. An isosceles triangle has 2 sides of equal length. (The dashes on the lines show which are equal in length.) The angles at the ...

Every once in a while, a maths puzzle, brain teaser or exam question aimed at a small child will come along and expose huge gaps in our knowledge. Said problem/puzzle/ question will basically reveal ...

There are a lot of people in the world who hate maths, purely because they think it’s not for them. But, as Cady Heron said in the seminal classic ‘Mean Girls’, “Maths is the same in every country”.

NEED something to get your brain in gear this Wednesday morning? We’ve got just the thing. Parents have been left stumped by a series of fiendishly tricky maths questions – but you shouldn’t need a ...