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From July 2007 until October 2014 we wrote the Maths Masters column for the education section of Melbourne's AGE newspaper. This column appeared in print until the end of 2008 and then online.

Over the years the ever increasing number of articles meant that the following linked list of titles was becoming less and less useful. Now that the column has ended and we don't have to constantly worry about next week's article, we'll reassess how to best make all this material accessible to our readers.

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2014
255 Parabolic playtime (27 October 2014)
254 Martin Gardner and Mr Hyde (20 October 2014)
253 How to cook a telescope (13 October 2014)
252 We have it pegged (6 October 2014)
251 The hidden karma of snakes and ladders (15 September 2014)
250 Christian's Goldbach's magic sum (8 September 2014)
249 The wonderful Function of Michael Deakin (1 September 2014)
248 The eternal triangles (25 August 2014)
247 Proofs without words (18 August 2014)
246 Tickling Orion with a triangle (11 August 2014)
245 The statistical problem of greedy pigs (4 August 2014)
244 A Penney for your thoughts (28 July 2014)
243 The Freddo Frog path to perfection (21 July 2014)
242 Escape to our moon planet (14 July 2014)
241 The paradox of Australian mathematics education (23 June 2014)
240 Just the right level of wine (16 June 2014)
239 Socceroos and the group of death (6 June 2014)
238 The doodle, the witch and Maria (26 May 2014)
237 Mystery of Flight MH370 adds up (19 May 2014)
236 Naplan in Kafkaland (9 May 2014)
235 Diophantine footy (5 May 2014)
234 Calendar kinks (25 April 2014)
233 The media lottery (31 March 2014)
232 Shadowlands (24 March 2014)
231 Squares, triangles and other labour-saving devices (17 March 2014)
230 Melbourne's twilight zone (10 March 2014)
229 On primes and Pluto (3 March 2014)
228 Choc-full of mathematics (23 February 2014)
227 Lies, damn lies and YouTube (16 February 2014)
226 Clearing a logjam (10 February 2014)
225 Methods Acting (3 February 2014)


2013
224 Maths Masters' summer quiz (9 December 2013)
223 Shooting log(fish) in a barrel (2 December 2013)
222 Reach for the Skylanders! (25 November 2013)
221 Melbourne mathematical model (18 November 2013)
220 The root of our problems (11 November 2013)
219 Picture perfect (4 November 2013)
218 Divide and conquer (28 October 2013)
217 Visionary Voronoi (21 October 2013)
216 Advances in VCE Mathematics (10 October 2013)
215 Educational Barbs (16 September 2013)
214 Triangle Surfer Dude (9 September 2013)
213 Adventures in MathleticsLand (2 September 2013)
212 The maths of planet Mars (26 August 2013)
211 The Professor’s Beloved Equation (19 August 2013)
210 The greatest team of all (12 August 2013)
209 One shape to rule them all! (5 August 2013)
208 Sneaky square dance (29 July 2013)
207 Imagine all the people (22 July 2013)
206 The Klein Bottle Beach House (15 July 2013)
205 Pitching a ballcurve (24 June 2013)
204 Parabolic production line (17 June 2013)
203 Fibonacci, Steve Jobs and the Devlin in the details (10 June 2013)
202 Demystifying the Möbius (3 June 2013)
201 Hatcheting a plan (27 May 2013)
200 A very distant twin (20 May 2013)
199 NAPLAN, numeracy and nonsense (13 May 2013)
198 Tractrix and truck tricks (6 May 2013)
197 The magic of the imaginary (29 April 2013)
196 Google's amazing mathematical doodle (22 April 2013)
195 Pascal's shell game (18 April 2013)
194 The Book of the monk club (25 March 2013)
193 Footy's pointless point (18 March 2013)
192 Sigh! It's time for Pi (11 March 2013)
191 The golden ratio must die! (4 March 2013)
190 Hermann the hermit (25 February 2013)
189 Times tables, times two (18 February 2013)
188 AcCosted at Healesville (11 February 2013)
187 Will Rogers, Clever Kiwis and Medical Magic (4 February 2013)


2012
186 The Maths Masters' Summer Quiz (26 November 2012)
185 It's Chris mass time (19 November 2012)
184 The fix(ture) is in (12 November 2012)
183 Tomfoolery and Gerrymandering (5 November 2012)
182 The mathematician who won the War (29 October 2012)
181 Boaler? Boaler? (22 October 2012)
180 Cordial maths (15 October 2012)
179 Movies, mathematics and mulsification (8 October 2012)
178 The devil is in the dice (17 September 2012)
177 How much is half of a free bet worth? (10 September 2012)
176 Numeracy, algebra and the cavern in between (3 September 2012)
175 The Playmobil Mystery (27 August 2012)
174 The mathematical shapeshifter (20 August 2012)
173 Chadstone - The maths fashion capital (13 August 2012)
172 Six of one, Babylonian the other (6 August 2012)
171 Walk, don't run! (30 July 2012)
170 How far is 1500 meters? (23 July 2012)
169 Federation Square's hidden gem (16 July 2012)
168 Tennis maths, anyone? (25 June 2012)
167 A zillion and one things to talk about (18 June 2012)
166 Newly done? Bernoulli done! (11 June 2012)
165 Seeds of doubt (4 June 2012)
164 Breaking all the Rules (28 May 2012)
163 There's a fraction too much fiction (21 May 2012)
162 We get a Lotto calls (14 May 2012)
161 Letter from Germany: There's billions and Billions (7 May 2012)
160 Letter from Germany: The eternal grind (30 April 2012)
159 There's madness in the Methods (23 April 2012)
158 Letter from Germany: Four and twenty birdsblack (26 March 2012)
157 The Wonderful Russian Wizard of Oz (19 March 2012)
156 Sydney has our tower! (12 March 2012)
155 Accentuate the Negative (5 March 2012)
154 Multiple problems (27 February 2012)
153 Loopy Love (20 February 2012)
152 Love and mathematics (13 February 2012)
151 Poet of the universe (6 February 2012)


2011
150 Maths Masters summer quiz (28 November 2011)
149 "An infinite nomber of Jewes expelled out of Spaine" (21 November 2011)
148 Federation Forensics (14 November 2011)
147 There's no e in Euler (7 November 2011)
146 Super-duper Sudoku (31 October 2011)
145 A Very Peculiar Storey (24 October 2011)
144 The Telltale Tiles (17 October 2011)
143 Melbourne's catenary chaos (10 October 2011)
142 Winning the Lotto by the Melbourne Method (19 September 2011)
141 Apples and Oranges (12 September 2011)
140 Archimedes' crocodile (5 September 2011)
139 Eureka! (29 August 2011)
138 Six degrees of mathematician (22 August 2011)
137 Parallel lines sometimes meet (15 August 2011)
136 Get real (8 August 2011)
135 A very strange set of blocks (1 August 2011)
134 Sliding downward (25 July 2011)
133 Spotting an unfortunate spot (18 July 2011)
132 Fractionally Fun (27 June 2011)
131 Tut tut (20 June 2011)
130 Triple-mirror magic (13 June 2011)
129 Monty Hall in One Semi-Easy Lesson (6 June 2011)
128 Game, set and maths (30 May 2011)
127 A rectangle, some spheres and lots of triangles (23 May 2011)
126 Everyone needs a big bouncy ball (16 May 2011)
125 The best laid NAPLAN (9 May 2011)
124 Will maths kill the rhino? (2 May 2011)
123 How fast is your car? (4 April 2011)
122 Cool Kepler Cat Cans (28 March 2011)
121 Freo, faves and other tipping blunders (21 March 2011)
120 Do women have fewer teeth than men? (14 March 2011)
119 Pythagoras's Theorem ain't Pythagoras's (7 March 2011)
118 Print your own socks (28 February 2011)
117 On the (Allan) Borderline of making sense (21 February 2011)
116 A Victa-ry for mathematics (14 February 2011)
115 The pointy end of pineapple numbers (7 February 2011)


2010
114 Maths Masters summer quiz (29 November 2010)
113 Mysteries of the Mystic Rose (22 November 2010)
112 Please say hello to Adelaide and Victoria (15 November 2010)
111 The equals of Robert Recorde (8 November 2010)
110 So you think you can beat the bookies? (1 November 2010)
109 Waiting for the apple to fall (25 October 2010)
108 The Singapore Triangle (18 October 2010)
107 The Battle of the Dimensions (11 October 2010)
106 The incomparable Martin Gardner (4 October 2010)
105 AFL Finals - more than a numbers game (13 September 2010)
104 Maths Masters under the Scope (6 September 2010)
103 Bloody Numb3rs! (30 August 2010)
102 A show devoted entirely to numbers (and letters) (23 August 2010)
101 Green with envy (16 August 2010)
100 Another Century? Hmmph! (9 August 2010)
099 Rubik's cube in ten seconds or less (2 August 2010)
098 Uncovering Base Motives (26 July 2010)
097 Cycling in circles (19 July 2010)
096 Which way did Natalie go? (12 July 2010)
095 The ball was in AND out? You cannot be serious! (21 June 2010)
094 Penalty kicks hinge on net results (14 June 2010)
093 How round is your soccer ball? (7 June 2010)
092 Mathsmaster Chefs (31 May 2010)
091 Theatre of the Surd (24 May 2010)
090 Around the World in 80 (plus 129) days (17 May 2010)
089 How to beat a chess grandmaster (blindfolded) (10 May 2010)
088 Irrational thoughts (1 May 2010)
087 Bombs, and a bombed Riewoldt (26 April 2010)
086 What are calculators good for, really? (19 April 2010)
085 A man with ganas (12 April 2010)
084 The times tables they are a-changin' (22 March 2010)
083 VicRoads vs. Pi (15 March 2010)
082 Some atheist cats (8 March 2010)
081 Minister Gillard and the other law of averages (1 March 2010)
080 How far is 10,000 metres? (22 February 2010)
079 And the winner is ... (15 February 2010)
078 The year of the magical dragon (8 February 2010)
077 A puzzling Australia Day (1 February 2010)


2009
076 The Age Maths Challenge 2009 (30 November 2009)
075 The super-rigging of poker machines (23 November 2009)
074 Even is even and odd is... (16 November 2009)
073 Lucky Friday the 13th (9 November 2009)
072 A Greek in an Italian restaurant (2 November 2009)
071 What is the best way to lace your shoes? (26 October 2009)
070 Melbourne Grammar mystery map (19 October 2009)
069 How to murder a mathematician (12 October 2009)
068 Metric matters? (5 October 2009)
067 Do prime ministers share their birthday cake? (14 September 2009)
066 Pigeons, socks and hairy cricketers (7 September 2009)
065 The Maths Masters' Tour De Victoria (31 August 2009)
064 An added dimension to can crunching (24 August 2009)
063 Invasion of the pentapeds (17 August 2009)
062 A traffic tangle (10 August 2009)
061 The Nullarbor Conundrum (3 August 2009)
060 The median is the message (27 July 2009)
059 Tour de Math (20 July 2009)
058 A whole Lotto luck (13 July 2009)
057 Victoria - driving to the end (22 June 2009)
056 Crunching can numbers (15 June 2009)
055 It ain't necessarily improbably so (8 June 2009)
054 Every number is special (1 June 2009)
053 Word-flower mathematics (25 May 2009)
052 The Golden Ratio is somewhat tarnished (18 May 2009)
051 Angels and Demons (11 May 2009)
050 Hyperbolic league (4 May 2009)
049 A bucketful of two-up (27 April 2009)
048 Strange moves of a mathematical feast (20 April 2009)
047 Teaching an old spiral new tricks (27 March 2009)
046 How much is a $100 free bet worth? (23 March 2009)
045 π = 3! (16 March 2009)
044 Squaring the Southern Star (9 March 2009)
043 The pleasure and pain of √2 (2 March 2009)


2008
042 There's a bear in there (1 December 2008)
041 The Age Maths Challenge (24 November 2008)
040 Potter fans crack the code (3 November 2008)
039 In the arms and legs race it's all about the numbers (27 October 2008)
038 Numbers give the game away (20 October 2008)
037 Dividing and conquering (13 October 2008)
036 Stars make Madrid Olympiad count (6 October 2008)
035 Arms race escalates (15 September 2008)
034 Sex, lies and mathematics (1 September 2008)
033 Soap provides a clean solution for Olympic pool (25 August 2008)
032 Throwing for gold into a stiff headwind (18 August 2008)
031 Giving it your best shot (4 August 2008)
030 Infinitely and definitely, Terry Tao is prime (28 July 2008)
029 A point-to-point to prove on speeding (22 July 2008)
028 Why wind is a blow to record seekers (15 July 2008)
027 What's that about square pegs and round holes? (23 June 2008)
026 Mathematical matchmaking (16 June 2008)
025 Excavating a mathematical museum piece (2 June 2008)
024 Chasing down infinity (26 May 2008)
023 Living in the zone (19 May 2008)
022 Fastest path not always the shortest (12 May 2008)
021 Up and down like a daisy (28 April 2008)
020 Gallons of strife in balancing measures safely (14 April 2008)
019 Simpson's paradox makes a donkey of us (7 April 2008)
018 How I wish I could calculate pi (17 March 2008)
017 Leaping to Conclusions (3 March 2008)
016 The Ups and Downs of a Mirror's Magic Reflection (25 February 2008)
015 Right on the Money for a Change (18 February 2008)
014 Solving Puzzles over a Cup of Coffee (11 February 2008)
013 Winning formula but is it cricket? (4 February 2008)


2007
012 Christmas comes but once, or does it . . . (15 November 2007)
011 Scissors cut paper cover rock (5 November 2007)
010 Tally up the votes that count (29 October 2007)
009 Ringing the changes (15 October 2007)
008 Smart money is on the science (8 October 2007)
007 Getting lost and found in the Murphy zone (27 September 2007)
006 A fair crack of the whip (3 September 2007)
005 Sometimes with maths, it is a case of it's all Latin to me (27 August 2007)
004 numbers take the law into their own hands (20 August 2007)
003 Too hot, too cold, just right (6 August 2007)
002 A square full of triangles (30 July 2007)
001 Pattern Power (16 July 2007)

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