In July 2007 we started writing a column for the education section of The Age newspaper here in Melbourne. Some of these articles have also appeared in the education section of The Sydney Morning Herald
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Uncovering Base Motives (26 July 2010)
Cycling in circles (19 July 2010)
Which way did Natalie go? (12 July 2010)
The ball was in AND out? You cannot be serious! (21 June 2010)
Penalty kicks hinge on net results (14 June 2010)
How round is your soccer ball? (7 June 2010)
Mathsmaster Chefs (31 May 2010)
Theatre of the Surd (24 May 2010)
Around the World in 80 (plus 129) days (17 May 2010)
How to beat a chess grandmaster (blindfolded) (10 May 2010)
Irrational thoughts (1 May 2010)
Bombs, and a bombed Riewoldt (26 April 2010)
What are calculators good for, really? (19 April 2010)
A man with ganas (12 April 2010)
The times tables they are a-changin' (22 March 2010)
VicRoads vs. Pi (15 March 2010)
Some atheist cats (8 March 2010)
Minister Gillard and the other law of averages (1 March 2010)
How far is 10,000 metres? (22 February 2010)
And the winner is ... (15 February 2010)
The year of the magical dragon (8 February 2010)
A puzzling Australia Day (1 February 2010)
2009
The Age Maths Challenge 2009 (30 November 2009) our backup
The super-rigging of poker machines (23 November 2009) our backup
Even is even and odd is... (16 November 2009) our backup
Lucky Friday the 13th (9 November 2009) our backup
A Greek in an Italian restaurant (2 November 2009) our backup
What is the best way to lace your shoes? (26 October 2009) our backup
Melbourne Grammar mystery map (19 October 2009) our backup
How to murder a mathematician (12 October 2009) our backup
Metric matters? (5 October 2009) our backup
Do prime ministers share their birthday cake? (14 September 2009) our backup
Pigeons, socks and hairy cricketers (7 September 2009) our backup
The Maths Masters' Tour De Victoria (31 August 2009) our backup
An added dimension to can crunching (24 August 2009) our backup
Invasion of the pentapeds (17 August 2009) our backup
A traffic tangle (10 August 2009) our backup
The Nullarbor Conundrum (3 August 2009) our backup
The median is the message (27 July 2009) our backup
Tour de Math (20 July 2009) our backup
A whole Lotto luck (13 July 2009) our backup
Victoria - driving to the end (22 June 2009) our backup
Crunching can numbers (15 June 2009) our backup
It ain't necessarily improbably so (8 June 2009) our backup
Every number is special (1 June 2009) our backup
Word-flower mathematics (25 May 2009) our backup
The Golden Ratio is somewhat tarnished (18 May 2009) our backup
Angels and Demons (11 May 2009) our backup
Hyperbolic league (4 May 2009) our backup
A bucketful of two-up (27 April 2009) our backup
Strange moves of a mathematical feast (20 April 2009) our backup
Teaching an old spiral new tricks (27 March 2009) our backup
How much is a $100 free bet worth? (23 March 2009) our backup
π = 3! (16 March 2009) our backup
Squaring the Southern Star (9 March 2009) our backup
The pleasure and pain of √2 (2 March 2009) our backup
2008
There's a bear in there (1 December 2008)
The Age Maths Challenge (24 November 2008)
Potter fans crack the code (3 November 2008)
In the arms and legs race it's all about the numbers (27 October 2008)
Numbers give the game away (20 October 2008)
Dividing and conquering (13 October 2008)
Stars make Madrid Olympiad count (6 October 2008)
Arms race escalates (15 September 2008)
Sex, lies and mathematics (1 September 2008)
Soap provides a clean solution for Olympic pool (25 August 2008)
Throwing for gold into a stiff headwind (18 August 2008)
Giving it your best shot (4 August 2008)
Infinitely and definitely, Terry Tao is prime (28 July 2008)
A point-to-point to prove on speeding (22 July 2008)
Why wind is a blow to record seekers (15 July 2008)
What's that about square pegs and round holes? (23 June 2008)
Mathematical matchmaking (16 June 2008)
Excavating a mathematical museum piece (2 June 2008)
Chasing down infinity (26 May 2008)
Living in the zone (19 May 2008)
Fastest path not always the shortest (12 May 2008)
Up and down like a daisy (28 April 2008)
Gallons of strife in balancing measures safely (14 April 2008)
Simpson's paradox makes a donkey of us (7 April 2008)
How I wish I could calculate pi (17 March 2008)
Leaping to Conclusions (3 March 2008)
The Ups and Downs of a Mirror's Magic Reflection (25 February 2008)
Right on the Money for a Change (18 February 2008)
Solving Puzzles over a Cup of Coffee (11 February 2008)
Winning formula but is it cricket? (4 February 2008)
2007
Christmas comes but once, or does it . . . (15 November 2007)
Scissors cut paper cover rock (5 November 2007)
Tally up the votes that count (29 October 2007)
Ringing the changes (15 October 2007)
Smart money is on the science (8 October 2007)
Getting lost and found in the Murphy zone (27 September 2007)
A fair crack of the whip (3 September 2007)
Sometimes with maths, it is a case of it's all Latin to me (27 August 2007)
Taxing numbers take the law into their own hands (20 August 2007)
Too hot, too cold, just right (6 August 2007)
A square full of triangles (30 July 2007)
Pattern Power (16 July 2007). And here the answer to the question we asked in this article.
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