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Puzzle Page

Issue No 47, June 2008
- Tiling troubles
- Solution to Puzzle No. 46
Issue No 46, March 2008
- The rail fence cipher
- Solution to Puzzle No. 45
Issue No 45, December 2007
- Plus magazine sudoku
- Solution to Puzzle No. 44
Issue No 44, September 2007
- Greater than sudoku
- Solution to Puzzle No. 43
Issue No 43, June 2006
- Mystery sum sudoku
- Solution to Puzzle No.42
Issue No 42, March 2007
- Clock Sudoku
- Solution to Puzzle No. 41
Issue No 41, December 2006
- Worms
- Solution to Puzzle No. 40
Issue No 40, September 2006
- The Towers of Hanoi
- Solution to Puzzle No. 39
Issue No 39, June 2006
- A proof with a hole
- Solution to Puzzle No. 38
Issue No 38, March 2006
- Duplex difference Sudoku
- Solution to Puzzle No. 37
Issue No 37, December 2005
- Mystery Christmas theft
- Solution to Puzzle No. 36
Issue No 36, Sep 2005
- A knight's nightmare
- Solution to Puzzle No. 35
Issue No 35, May 2005
- Bottom dollar
- Solution to Puzzle No. 34
Issue No 34, March 2005
- Eggs and bunnies
- Solution to Puzzle No. 33
Issue No 33, January 2005
- Party people
- Solution to Puzzle No. 32
Issue No 32, November 2004
- Which switch?
- Solution to Puzzle No. 31
Issue No 31, September 2004
- Of coins and corners
- Solution to Puzzle No. 30
Issue No 30, May 2004
- Square tactics
- Solution to Puzzle No. 29
Issue No 29, March 2004
- Breaking up can be sweet...
- Solution to Puzzle No. 28
Issue No 28, January 2004
- You label my back; I'll label yours
- Solution to Puzzle No. 27
Issue No 27, November 2003
- Rabbit and string
- Solution to Puzzle No. 26
Issue No 26, September 2003
- Mixing it up
- Solution to Puzzle No. 25
Issue No 25, May 2003
- Rolling with money
- Solution to Puzzle No. 24
Issue No 24, March 2003
- Ship of Fools
- Solution to Puzzle No. 23
Issue No 23, January 2003
- Gobbling gorillas
- Solution to Puzzle No. 22
Issue No 22, November 2002
- Deranged Santa
- Solution to Puzzle No. 21
Issue No 21, September 2002
- Mathematical misfits...continued
- Solution to first part of puzzle No. 20
Issue No 20, May 2002
- Mathematical misfits
- Solution to puzzle No. 19
Issue No 19, March 2002
- Tricky Trig
- Solution to puzzle No. 18
Issue No 18, January 2002
- The Möbius Challenge (Mathematical Valentine)
- Solution to puzzle No. 17
Issue No 16, September 2001
- Similar Triangle Puzzle
- Solution to puzzle No. 15
Issue No 15, June 2001
- Jewels and Potions
- Solution to puzzle No. 14
Issue No 14, March 2001
- 3 3 8 8 Puzzle
- Solution to puzzle No. 13
Issue No 13, January 2001
- Spies Passing in the Night
Issue No 12, October 2000
- Monkey Nut Puzzle
Issue No 11, June 2000
- Summats Clear
Issue No 10, January 2000
- January puzzle: Overarch
- March puzzle: Cushion Ball
Issue No 9, September 1999
- Puzzle page
- October puzzle: Lunar Leaper
- December puzzle: Farmer's Field
- Solution to Puzzle No. 8
- A Reader's Solution
Issue No 8, May 1999
- The Gobbling Goat
- Solution to Puzzle No. 7
- Proving that it works
- What's on the cards?
- Cleopatra the Demented
Issue No 7, January 1999
- The Great Weights Puzzle
- Solution to Puzzle No. 6
- A Reader's Solution I
- A Reader's Solution II
Issue No 6, September 1998
- Puzzle No 6 - world cup medallions
- Solution to Puzzle No 5 - Complex multiplication
- Monochromatic cows
Issue No 5, May 1998
- Puzzle No 5 - Complex multiplication
- Solution to Puzzle No 4 - Three doors
- Yet more taxis!
- Three-digit numbers
Issue No 4, January 1998
- Puzzle No 4 - Three doors
- Solution to Puzzle No 3 - Birth dates
- The taxi problem revisited
- The coin tossing problem
Issue No 3, September 1997
- Puzzle No 3 - Birth dates
- Solution to Puzzle No 2 - Carnivorous beetles
- Rectangle/Triangle problem
- Optimal stopping
Issue No 2, May 1997
- Puzzle No 2 - Carnivorous beetles
- Solution to Puzzle No 1 - The ring
- The taxi problem
Issue No 1, January 1997
- Puzzle No 1 - The ring

Mystery Mix

Mathematical mysteries: The gentlemen from Basle and the Petersburg Paradox - Issue No 22, Nov 2002
Mathematical mysteries: Transcendental meditation - Issue No 21, Sept 2002
Mathematical mysteries: The Barber's Paradox - Issue No 20, May 2002
Mathematical mysteries: Survival of the nicest? - Issue No 19, March 2002
Mathematical mysteries: Strange Geometries - Issue No 18, January 2002
Mathematical mysteries: Zeno's Paradoxes - Issue No 17, November 2001
Mathematical mysteries: What colour is my hat? - Issue No 16, Sepbember 2001
Mathematical mysteries: Painting the Plane - Issue No 15, June 2001
Mathematical mysteries: Chomp - Issue No 14, March 2001
Getting the Most out of Life - Issue No 13, January 2001
Mathematical mysteries: The Solitaire Advance - Issue No 12, October 2000
Mathematical mysteries: Right angle race - Issue No 11, May 2000
Mathematical mysteries: Foucault's pendulum and the eclipse - Issue No 9, September 1999
How Unilluminating! - Issue No 8, May 1999
Trisecting the Angle - Issue No 7, January 1999
The Three Body Problem - Issue No 6, September 1998
Goldbach revisited - Issue No 5, May 1998
Twin primes - Issue No 4, January 1998
Kepler's conjecture - Issue No 3, September 1997
The Goldbach conjecture - Issue No 2, May 1997
Hailstone sequences - Issue No 1, January 1997

Opinion and Pluschat

Issue No 47, June 2008
- I need maths like a carburettor recalibration
- The 118 118 challenge
Issue No 46, March 2008
- A league table lottery
- Plus and presidents
Issue No 45, December 2007
- The Plus anniversary year — A word from the editors
- Plus 10,000 — The best maths ever
Issue No 44, September 2007
Issue No 43, June 2007
- Plus 100 - the best maths of the last century
- More maths grads
Issue No 42, March 2007
- Happy birthday, Plus!
- Plus 10
Issue No 41, December 2006
- The Plus New Writers Award — competition issue.
Issue No 40, September 2006
- Maths in the media
- Readers' corner
Issue No 39, June 2006
- Plus new writers award
- Reader's corner
- World Cup maths
Issue No 38, March 2006
- What motivates mathematics?
Issue No 37, December 2005
- Help us to help maths.
Issue No 36, September 2005
- Where is the next generation?
- Can Plus cure crazy scientists?
Issue No 35, May 2005
- Stirring the electoral soup
Issue No 34, Mar 2005
- Wisdom from above
- Readers' corner
Issue No 33, Jan 2005
- Einstein Year 2005
Issue No 32, Nov 2004
- Careers in mathematics: A set of three posters from Plus
Issue No 31, Sept 2004
- The permanent revolution
- A-level standards
Issue No 30, May 2004
- Editorial trends
- I've got your number
Issue No 29, Mar 2004
- The Smith report: Making mathematics count
- Quadratic equations in Parliament!
- New look for Nrich
Issue No 28, Jan 2004
- Beaglemania
- Careers with maths
Issue No 27, Nov 2003
- What is maths for?
- New Plus posters!
- Specially for students
Issue No 26, Sep 2003
- Beauty is truth, truth beauty
- Readers' corner
Issue No 25, May 2003
- Optional maths
- Outer space - A sense of balance
- Readers' corner
Issue No 24, Mar 2003
- Stats in court
- Letter from a mathematician
Issue No 23, Jan 2003
- Information overload
- Sum problems
- Readers' corner
Issue No 22, Nov 2002
- News that counts
Issue No 21, Sept 2002
- A vicious circle of doom and gloom
Issue No 20, May 2002
- Budget fudge-it
Issue No 19, March 2002
- Maths down the tubes
Issue No 18, January 2002
- Stephen Hawking's 60th Birthday Symposium
Issue No 16, September 2001
- Fear of Maths
Issue No 15, June 2001
- Safe as Houses
Issue No 14, March 2001
- Nerdish or Nice?
Issue No 13, January 2001
- Hanging on a chad - voting systems and presidential elections
- One-two-three cheers - wear your maths on your sleeve
Issue No 12, October 2000
- Should maths be compulsory - or should it be optional beyond the age of 11?
- Success at the olympics - bad news next time?
- Maths A-level - how to lose friends and alienate people?
Issue No 11, May 2000
- Maths A-levels are "too easy"
Issue No 10, January 2000
- New Millennium, New Name and New Look
- How to Lie with Statistics
- World Maths Year 2000
- Network capacity problem - Issue 3 revisited
Issue No 9, September 1999
- Ever-increasing standards: a problem of communication?
Issue No 8, May 1999
- Darkened Skies
- Interesting Times
Issue No 7, January 1999
- New Year, New Team
Issue No 6, September 1998
- Roll-over malevolence
- Understanding science
- Time to change
Issue No 5, May 1998
- Testing times
Issue No 4, January 1998
- What's in a name?
- Disaster
Issue No 3, September 1997
- The Dearing report
- Network capacity problem
Issue No 2, May 1997
- Allergic to mathematics?
- A journey with mathematics
- Staff room
Issue No 1, January 1997
- Welcome to PASS Maths

Outer Space

Issue No 47, June 2008
- Venn you can't use Venn
Issue No 46, March 2008
- How to rig an election
- Solution to Outer space from Issue 45
Issue No 45, December 2007
- Blowin' in the wind
Issue No 44, September 2007
- Emergence
Issue No 43, June 2007
- Pylon of the month
Issue No 42, March 2007
- Tally ho!
- Solution to Outer space from Issue 41
Issue No 41, December 2006
- Some benefits of irrationality
- Solution to Outer space from Issue 40
Issue No 40, September 2006
- Bridging that gap
- Solution to Outer space from Issue 39
Issue No 39, June 2006
- Superficiality
Issue No 38, March 2006
- A matter of gravity
- Solution to Outer space from Issue 37
Issue No 37, December 2005
- A collector's piece
- Solution to Outer space from Issue 36
Issue No 36, Sep 2005
- Series
Issue No 34, March 2005
- Monkey business
Issue No 33, January 2005
- Racing certainties
Issue No 32, November 2004
- Is this a record?
- Solution to Outer space from Issue 31
Issue No 31, September 2004
- Two's company, three's a crowd
- Solution to Outer space from Issue 30
Issue No 30, May 2004
- A sense of proportion
- Solution to Outer space from Issue 29
Issue No 29, March 2004
- Relationships
Issue No 28, January 2004
- Wagons roll
- Solution to Outer space from Issue 27
Issue No 27, November 2003
- Rugby and relativity
- Solution to Outer space from Issue 26
Issue No 26, September 2003
- Independence Day
- Solution to Outer space from Issue 25
Issue No 25, May 2003
- A sense of balance

Understanding uncertainty

Issue No 47, June 2008
- The maths of surprises

Issue No 46, March 2008
- The Premier League

Issue No 45, December 2007
- A league table lottery

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