Maths for Kids / Maths is Not Boring: The Kids Maths Podcast

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What is base sixty?

2026-10-1110:05

Have you ever looked at a ticking clock and wondered: why are there 60 seconds in a minute, and 60 minutes in an hour? Why not a nice, tidy 100? Get ready to travel back in time almost 4,000 years to ancient Iraq to uncover a time-telling mystery hiding in plain sight! Join Mira and Finn as they explore the mind-blowing math of the ancient Sumerians and Babylonians. Instead of counting by tens like we usually do, these ancient astronomers counted in Base Sixty! But why did they pick such a gi...

What is the Collatz conjecture?

2026-10-1009:47

Have you ever heard of a math puzzle that acts like a wild weather storm? In 1937, a mathematician named Lothar Collatz invented a simple number machine with just two rules: if a number is even, cut it in half. If it is odd, multiply it by three and add one! Sounds easy, right? But what happens next is pure magic! Instead of acting normally, the numbers bounce wildly up and down like hailstones caught in a massive storm cloud! Some climb up into the thousands, while others drop low, but event...

What is Zeno's paradox?

2026-10-0912:29

Have you ever tried to walk across a room, but realized you have to go halfway first? And then half of that remaining distance? And half of that? Welcome to one of the most mind-bending puzzles in history! Over 2,500 years ago, an ancient Greek thinker named Zeno of Elea came up with a massive brain-teaser called Zeno's paradox. He imagined a race between the world's fastest hero, Achilles, and a slow, creeping tortoise. Because Achilles is so fast, he gives the tortoise a big head start. But...

What was the first times table?

2026-10-0811:40

Have you ever wondered who invented times tables? Or why three times four is exactly the same as four times three? It's time to discover the quiet magic of multiplication! Imagine lining up your favorite wrapped sweets on a table in three rows of four. Now, walk around to the side of the table. Suddenly, it looks like four rows of three, but you haven't moved a single sweet! Mathematicians call this amazing swapping trick "commutativity," and it perfectly hides in plain sight in chocolate bar...

Platonic Solids for Kids: Why There Are Only Five Perfect Dice

2026-10-0709:51

The story of the Platonic solids for kids: the five perfect shapes studied by Theaetetus and Plato in ancient Athens, and how Euclid proved around 300 BCE there can never be a sixth. • What makes a solid perfect: the same faces and the same corners • Why only five shapes work, worked out with triangles, squares and pentagons at a corner • Why each one makes a fair die, and where they turn up in salt crystals and viruses • Quiz questions to answer along the way Maths is Not Boring: rated 5★ on...

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Maths for Kids / Maths is Not Boring: The Kids Maths Podcast