Recursive Math Tricks
The above formula allows you to take any number (n) and get it back as a result of many calculations. Simon remembered we had read about it (something like a … Continue reading Recursive Math Tricks
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More puzzles
Move three matches and turn the grid below into three identical squares. Another puzzle with the same grid: place six coins in the grid without creating a three in a … Continue reading More puzzles
A new tour of Simon’s sketch book
The fertility formula, to predict the population the following year: A fake number (called “Wau”) to imagine infinity (via Numberphile): Drawing a square root of 5 (via James Grime): Pebbling … Continue reading A new tour of Simon’s sketch book
How to “nsect” a line?
Simon’s little textbook on how to bisect and “n-sect” a line, that he wrote himself:
River Crossings Puzzle
This is a Japanese version of the famous River Crossings Puzzle that Simon learned from the Scam School channel (yes, our little programming and math nerd actually watches Scam School, … Continue reading River Crossings Puzzle
Pebbling a Chessboard
Learned from Numberphile.
How to draw the Golden Ratio (Phi)
Simon shows how to draw a segment that is Phi times longer than a unit segment. He learned from a video by James Grime how to draw the square root … Continue reading How to draw the Golden Ratio (Phi)
Summer Style Math
With grandma visiting
Ramanujan’s Taxicab Numbers
Ramanujan’s Taxicab Numbers are the smallest numbers that can be written as a sum of two numbers to the power of n in two different ways. We only know such … Continue reading Ramanujan’s Taxicab Numbers
Random Field Card Trick
Simon has invented this card trick using a random field of cards and allowing him to predict nearly the whole path through the field. You can play along as a … Continue reading Random Field Card Trick
Another glimpse of Simon’s latest notes
Simon trying to develop the remainder theorem further: Imperial measurements system: Geometric series: Primes: Venn Diagram: Clock-face Puzzle (guessing a number on the clock face after the player spells several … Continue reading Another glimpse of Simon’s latest notes
Geeks out of the box 