Which snakes are good at Maths?

Adders and Pi-thons.

Currency

Until 1971, British money was divided up into Pounds, Shillings and Pence.

There were 20 Shillings in a Pound.

There were 12 Pence in a Shilling.

Everyone had to be really good at their 12 times table!

What do you get if you divide the circumference of the sun by its diameter?

Pi in the sky.

Deck of Cards

If you thoroughly shuffle a pack of cards, there's a greater chance than not that the exact sequence in the deck has never been seen before in all of recorded history!

Commutative Property

A mathematical operation is said to be commutative if you can change the order of the numbers without affecting the outcome.

e.g.

3 + 4 = 4 + 3

2 × 6 = 6 × 2

Addition and multiplication are commutative, subtraction and division are not.

Tessellation

In Latin, tessella is a small cubical piece of clay, stone or glass used to make mosaics.

This is where we get the word 'tessellation' from.

Numbers

When written, one is the only number in the English language with its letters in reverse alphabetical order.

Hexahedron

A hexahedron is a 3D shape with 6 faces.

A cube is a hexahedron, as is a cuboid.

Nets

There are 11 different nets of a cube.

Can you find them all?