mental-arithmetic-6

One of the books used. Sample questions from the publisher’s website include: “share £550 in the ratio 𝟧 ∶ 𝟨” and “a parallelogram is drawn so that its smallest angle is one third the
size of its largest angle. How big is the largest angle?”

Clare Wallace

Clare (like gare) is a Chalkdust editor. In her spare time, she’s an assistant professor at Durham University. She likes Skittles, probability, and making the magazine look more like Cosmo.

Chalkdust dissertation prize
Calling all final-year students!
The big argument: What’s the best way to end a proof?
QED or $\square$?
News, Issue 18
Today's weather: seasonal, highs of π/18.
Dear Dirichlet, Issue 13
Parishoners, partners and puzzled playwrights have written in to the professor's postbox this issue
Chalkdust’s Christmas conundrums
As the festive season strikes again, we'll be dishing out more fiendish puzzles – this time with prizes!
Number Rumbler–a new fun maths game!
Maths on Toast is a charity that aims to challenge and change the public's perception of mathematics...