Scientific American presents Math Dude by Quick & Dirty Tips. Scientific American and Quick & Dirty Tips are both Macmillan companies. After all of the fun we’ve had recounting the tales of Knot Dude, ...

Which is 9. So 9 is a square number. Here are some other examples of square numbers. Can you see how all these numbers can be arranged into a square? Which is 64. So 64 is a cube number. Here are some ...

This year is a big one for the math nerds out there — and for many, a once-in-a-lifetime occasion. That’s because 2025 is a “perfect square,” a number that’s the product of a squared integer — 45 ...

Mastering quick square root calculations boosts maths exam performance. Speed and accuracy provide a significant advantage in algebra and geometry. Memorising key square roots and using mental math ...

Pi Day (3/14) often comes with sweet treats; Square Root Day (4/4/16 or 5/5/25, for example) has a certain numerical rhyme.

The Mathematical Gazette is the original journal of the Mathematical Association and it is now over a century old. Its readership is a mixture of school teachers, college and university lecturers, ...

A prime number is a number with exactly two factors. Prime numbers are only divisible by 1 and itself. Another way to think of prime numbers is that they are only ever found as answers in their own ...