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Why It’s So Hard to Surprise a Mathematician

A remix of the birthday "paradox."

Ben Orlin Math 15 Comments July 11, 2018July 7, 2018 3 Minutes

Powers Great and Small

A puzzle I wrote for 12-year-olds turns out deeper than I expected.

Ben Orlin Math 15 Comments June 27, 2018June 26, 2018 4 Minutes

Four Ways of Thinking About a Line

You don't hear a lot of hot takes on straight lines. Or do you?

Ben Orlin Math 13 Comments June 13, 2018June 12, 2018 3 Minutes

The Third Millennium of Those “Find My Age” Algebra Problems

What makes these silly problems so immortal?

Ben Orlin Math 29 Comments February 21, 2018February 22, 2018 2 Minutes

The ABC Book of e

On 2/7/18, we honor one of math's celebrities: 2.718...

Ben Orlin Math 24 Comments February 5, 2018February 8, 2018 4 Minutes

The Twitter Logo is Just Circles

And lots more from this month in mathematics.

Ben Orlin Math 9 Comments January 22, 2018January 22, 2018 3 Minutes

Compass Constructions Made Easy

How did the Greeks live like this?

Ben Orlin Math 11 Comments January 10, 2018January 9, 2018 1 Minute

A Borrowed Joke (and 15 other math cartoons)

That's 2^(2^2) in all.

Ben Orlin Math 28 Comments January 1, 2018December 29, 2017 2 Minutes

Things to Know About the Year 2018

I need something else to get me through this semiprime kind of year... (baby, baby...)

Ben Orlin Math 29 Comments December 27, 2017December 27, 2017 2 Minutes

The Terrible Truth About Dreidel

Cheaters have lined their pockets with our gelt.

Ben Orlin Math 48 Comments December 13, 2017December 12, 2017 2 Minutes

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