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The article provides information about the geometric form of the architecture of Robert Adam, a Scottish architect who initiated a revolution in neo-classical English architecture. It has been noted that when he returned to Great Britain, he begun working on his ideas which were influenced by sketches, plans, and decoration deeply rooted from Italian craftsmen. The article explores how the principle of geometry is used in Adam's own structure and proportion of buildings. Illustrations of his ideas are also presented in the article.

The article focuses on a study conducted to investigate whether teachers recognize other strategies for solving figural patterns in Great Britain. The perceptual agility and strategy use of 27 prospective secondary school mathematics teachers is inquired in the study. In a four-year degree programme in Singapore, the prospective teachers, third year undergraduates enrolled. Ranging from solely numerical or figural to a combination of the two, various strategies were used to construct rules. To derive the rule, a figural solution relied totally on visual cues was established from the figure.