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Which has the greatest area, a circle or a square, inscribed in an isosceles right angle triangle?
Which has the greatest area, a circle or a square, inscribed in an isosceles right angle triangle?
Is it possible to have a tetrahedron whose six edges have lengths 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 and 60 units?
Using a ruler, pencil and compasses only, it is possible to construct a square inside any triangle so that all four vertices touch the sides of the triangle.
A plastic funnel is used to pour liquids through narrow apertures. What shape funnel would use the least amount of plastic to manufacture for any specific volume ?
Here is a Sudoku with a difference! Use information about lowest common multiples to help you solve it.
You are given the Lowest Common Multiples of sets of digits. Find the digits and then solve the Sudoku.
The illustration shows the graphs of fifteen functions. Two of them have equations $y=x^2$ and $y=-(x-4)^2$. Find the equations of all the other graphs.
Starting with two basic vector steps, which destinations can you reach on a vector walk?
A messenger runs from the rear to the head of a marching column and back. When he gets back, the rear is where the head was when he set off. What is the ratio of his speed to that of the column?
It is believed that weaker snooker players have a better chance of winning matches over eleven frames (i.e. first to win 6 frames) than they do over fifteen frames. Is this true?