Monthly Archives: November 2018

The average lifetime of a consumer product – TV, car, cooker etc – is only about 10 years. I don’t know how anyone can afford to replace everything they own every 10 years or so but there you go. I … Continue reading →

A secondary school student, 15, was surprised to find a 30 year old man in his maths class. Apparantl;y the man thought he was 15 years old. He REALLY needs to learn some maths if he doesn’t know the difference … Continue reading →

I never knew all these year when a polynomial returns a composite number. When it factorises! Sometimes though factorisation has to take place modulo p. Full detailos here I I had ever learnt this, I would not have discovered it … Continue reading →