Take a sheet of paper and draw dots on it. How many pairs of points can you place so that they are all exactly one centimeter (about 0.39 inches) apart? This mathematical problem, which seems ...

Jeff Smith's Math Puzzle for June 26, 2026 – Claymation plays rough, morphs into solid geometry quiz. The post Math Puzzle ...

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Jack Murtagh is a freelance math writer and puzzle creator. He writes a column on mathematical curiosities for Scientific ...

I like sudoku as much as anyone, but a change of pace might be nice occasionally. Enter Sweet 16, a new math puzzle game. As the name suggests it involves the numbers 1 through 16, and it's a bit like ...

Moscovich is well known for his many books on mathematics and puzzles, including 1000 Playthinks, and in many ways, this book picks up where that one left off. Playthinks are mathematical puzzles and ...

In his new book, "Dissections: Plane and Fancy," Greg N. Frederickson, professor of computer science, explores the challenges of geometric dissections, the mathematical art of cutting figures into the ...