In this note we wish to pass along an example that we have found useful when introducing the concepts of conditional probability and Bayes' Rule to undergraduate students. The advantages of this ...

The question, which asked students to show that the probability that Hannah eats two orange sweets is one-third, was met with significant distress.

Hannah's sweets solution: the GCSE question that stumped Britain's students The exam question has become an internet phenomenon since students took the Edexcel paper this week ...

Now thousands of GCSE maths students have vented their exam frustration on Twitter about a question on the probability of getting two orange sweets from a bag.

Two months after people were stumped trying to figure out when Cheryl’s birthday was, there’s a new math problem that’s making brains hurt. It has to do with a woman named Hannah and her sweets.

How to solve Hannah's Sweets: a former GCSE maths teacher (and Ukip MEP) explains A bamboozling Edexcel exam question swept social media this week. Here's the reasoning behind the problem, and how ...

A tricky maths GCSE question about sweets has sparked a social media backlash from students claiming the exam was too hard. The equation in yesterday's paper by exam board Edexcel involved the ...