An archive of Leaving Cert maths' papers tells a fascinating story of how the exam has changed over the last 100 years ...

Question: What fraction represents the odds of flipping a coin four times in a row and each time it landing on heads? Answer: 1/16. Question: Binary number systems, often found in computer programming ...

I’ll be the first to admit that math isn’t my strongest subject. I’d even go as far as saying I’m pretty much innumerate (illiterate but for numbers – not a real word but go with it.) With that being ...

A SIMPLE primary school maths equation has baffled thousands online and left people scratching their heads in despair. At ...

Every mathematician has a story that goes something like this. You’re at a party, and someone asks what you do for a living. “I’m a mathematician,” you say. “You must be a genius!” they reply. Or ...

More than 6 million students from across the country answered 840 million math questions in the world’s biggest math ...

A statement can be true or false. But as Kurt Gödel demonstrated, there will always be mathematical assumptions that can ...