(CNN)-- Over 1,000 years before Pythagoras was calculating the length of a hypotenuse, sophisticated scribes in Mesopotamia were working with the same theory to calculate the area of their farmland.

Everyone knows that A² + B² = C², but can you prove it? There are at least 88 ways to do it. Here’s my personal favorite. The Pythagorean Theorem is known by anyone who has taken basic geometry. In a ...

In a remarkable achievement that has stunned the scientific community, two high school students from Louisiana have unveiled a new proof of the famous Pythagorean theorem—one of the cornerstones of ...

A cable is attached, 30 metres above ground level, to a post. The other end of the cable is 14 metres from the base of the post. Regulations state that the cable must measure less than 35 metres. If A ...

Check out the refreshed revision resources for GCSE Maths: Solving 2D and 3D problems using Pythagoras's, with step-by-step slideshows, quizzes, practice exam questions, and more!

Catherine Scarlett responds to an article about US teenagers who claim to have proved the theorem using trigonometry While it is heartening to see enthusiastic mathematical inquiry in young people and ...