VO: Ambrose is an apprentice at the world famous Grecian Pizza Parlour. He's learning all aspects of the profession, and is now able to roll out a perfect circle of dough. This is how professional ...

For over a century, a simple yet tricky math problem had continued to baffle experts. Mathematicians struggled to find the fewest number of pieces needed to cut an equilateral triangle and rearrange ...

In 1907, the English author and mathematician Henry Ernest Dudeney posed a puzzle: Can any equilateral triangle be cut into as few pieces as possible that will fit together to form a perfect square?

Maths teacher Chris Smith is on your side and equal to solving this. The Maths Week Scotland Daily Challenges have been set by the Scottish Mathematical Council. Chris Smith: - In this problem we’re ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract In this paper we present a solution to the Fall 2011 PME Journal Problem Number 1245, prepared by Stan Rabinowitz. This problem asks whether ...

Named for Plato, who theorized that the classical elements were made of these regular polyhedrons, three of the Platonic solids are composed of equilateral triangles: the tetrahedron, octahedron, and ...