Mathematics is distinguished from the sciences by the freedom it enjoys in choosing basic assumptions from which consequences can be deduced by applying the laws of logic. We call the basic ...

Pythagoras Theorem states that for a right-angled triangle, the square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides. Practice applying Pythagoras’ theorem ahead of your ...

The shape ABCDEFGH is a cuboid. Length AB is 6 cm, length BG is 3 cm and length FG is 2 cm. Calculate the length AF. Draw the right-angled triangle ACF and label the ...

There’s a delightful mathematical moment in the movie Merry Andrew, when Danny Kaye, playing schoolmaster Andrew Larabee, breaks into song to teach the Pythagorean theorem. I was reminded of this ...

Two years ago, a couple of high school classmates each composed a mathematical marvel, a trigonometric proof of the Pythagorean theorem. Now, they’re unveiling 10 more. For over 2,000 years, such ...

Learn about the Pythagorean theorem. The Pythagoras theorem is a fundamental relation among the three sides of a right triangle. It is used to determine the missing length of a right triangle. The ...

Do you think there’s a triangle whose angles measure 41, 76 and 63 degrees? At first, answering this may seem easy. From geometry class we know that the sum of the measures of the interior angles of a ...

Ancient Indian mathematician Baudhayana was the first person to formulate a theorem on right-angled triangles that in its modern form came to be associated with Greek mathematician Pythagoras, a newly ...