Uploaded August 2019 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Watch Jade's original video on Tom Scott's channel "How Knot To Hang A Painting".
youtube.com/watch?v=-eVd2Ugk9BU

Jade's channel is over here: youtube.com/channel/UCSIvk78tK2TiviLQn4fSHaw

And here's a whole bunch of Steve Mould for you to subscribe to: youtube.com/user/steventhebrave

Send in your solutions for hanging a picture badly! matt+picturehanging@standupmaths.com

We have Think Maths resources for any teachers who want to use this as an activity in their class.
think-maths.co.uk/standupmaths-videos?yt-picture-hanging#picture-hanging

You can buy my book which has this puzzle in it:
mathsgear.co.uk/products/signed-paperback-things-to-make-and-do-in-the-fourth-dimension

CORRECTIONS
- Nothing yet! Let me know if you spot anything.

Thanks as always for Jane Street being my principal sponsor.
janestreet.com

Thanks to my Patreon supporters who help make these videos possible. Here is a random subset:

Facundo Gonçalves Borrega
Philippe von Bergen
Paulo Brito
Kevin Petrychyn
Magesh Jayapandian
Flynn Hembroff

Support my channel and I can make more maths videos:
patreon.com/standupmaths

Filming and editing by Trunkman Productions
Music by Howard Carter
Audio by Peter Doggart
Design by Simon Wright
And probably some stuff by Steve Mould

MATT PARKER: Stand-up Mathematician
Website: standupmaths.com
Maths book: wwwh.umble-pi.com
Nerdy maths toys: mathsgear.co.uk