Matt’s at it again, posting puzzles on that Twitter:
Fun fact: you can arrange all the numbers from 1 to 17 so that each adjacent pair adds to a square number. Off you go! #mathspuzzle
— Matt Parker (@standupmaths) September 24, 2013
Plus a clarification:
To clarify: “each adjacent pair” means all but the end numbers are used twice. It’s every pair of neighbours as you go down the row.
— Matt Parker (@standupmaths) September 24, 2013
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Matt Parker, the internet’s own number ninja, has tweeted the following maths nugget:
Type any number into a calculator and then divide it by 7, 11 and 13. Why do the first six decimal places always sum to 27? #mathspuzzle
— Matt Parker (@standupmaths) November 12, 2012
Matt Parker (@standupmaths on Twitter) has tweeted the following Maths Puzzle, in light of the forthcoming transit of Venus:
If you’re bored: Venus orbits the Sun in 224.70069 days while the Earth takes 365.242199. Ish. Feel free to work out how often it overtakes.
— Matt Parker (@standupmaths) June 3, 2012
Matt Parker (@standupmaths on Twitter) has tweeted the following Maths Puzzle, to wake you up:
Friday morning #MathsPuzzle! If you start the Fibonacci sequence 2,1 instead of 1,1 do you get more or fewer primes? (Check the first ten.)
— Matt Parker (@standupmaths) May 25, 2012
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