While during the past few weeks we often presented tasks which can be solved from secondary level, the present Task of the Week shows that the MathCityMap project can already be […]

The present task of the week is about a geometric question. It involves the area calculation of the roof surface of the illustrated pavilion. Task: Pavilion (task number: 665) Determine the […]

The focus of today’s Task of the Week is a combinatorial question. In addition to the typical combinatorical question for the number of possibilities, an application of the Fibonacci numbers, which […]

The present task of the week is about geometric figures. In the task “Cylinder on the Rhine”, located in Cologne, the aim is to determine the radius of a cylinder by […]

The present task of the week is about a sculpture in form of a hand. In this form, it can be found in the Dillfeld Trail in Wetzlar. The aim of […]

In this summer semester, students (for becoming a teacher in mathematics) at Goethe University Frankfurt again have the opportunity to take part in the Mathtrail seminar as a special event in […]

The current “Task of the Week” is about the hydrant sign, which might have been noticed frequently in everyday life. By means of them, hydrants can be quickly and precisely located, e.g. for fire-fighting […]

This week we would like to present the task “On a big Foot”. It is located close to the main railway station in Hamburg and is part of the trail […]

Today’s “Task of the Week” leads to Lyon, France, included in the trail “IFE”. It deals with an area calculation of a particular kind and shows in an exciting way which varied […]

This week the “Task of the Week” focuses on a typical application of the intercept theorems. In particular, it is about the height determination of objects using the interception theorems. […]