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By Kristie, 25 September 2013.  Posted in Everyone

The spacecraft Voyager 1 has become the first human made object to leave the Solar System. As no human-made object has ever been this far before, nobody was sure exactly where the edge of the Solar System was, but scientists...

Welcome Back

By Hannah, 11 September 2013.  Posted in Everyone

Welcome back! We hope you had a great summer break. We’ve got exciting news about how you can use maths to make a difference! Every year the NSPCC asks schools across the UK to use maths to fundraise for a...

Maths Jokes!

By Hannah, 12 July 2013.  Posted in Everyone

It's almost the end of term, so to celebrate with a bit of fun, the MyMaths team would like to share their favourite maths jokes.   What did 0 say to 8?  Nice belt.   A shepherd's feeling a bit...

Counting cats...

By Helen, 7 June 2013.  Posted in Everyone

Thank you for the great responses to our recent post about whether or not animals can count; we’re glad to see some of you have been carrying out your own experiments. Olivia reports that she tried the following: “Today I...

MyMaths and Tablet Computers

By Sam, 7 May 2013.  Posted in Everyone

Some MyMaths users have been asking us how to use the site on iPads and other tablets. While MyMaths does work on some tablets, if you’ve given it a go you’ve probably found it’s been a case of finding clunky...