Hidden Fibonacci numbers, a new shape and the search for a grand unified theory of mathematics are among our choices for most ...

A brain teaser shared online this week has left people stumped. Can you remember the special rule taught in math class to ...

For the past several years, America has been using its young people as lab rats in a sweeping, if not exactly thought-out, education experiment. Schools across the country have been lowering standards ...

A simple-looking math equation is spinning heads - leaving internet users torn over the right answer. An X user @BholanathDutta posted the elementary grade math sum this week, telling people to solve ...

Baltimore — Imagine you’re a character in a math problem. You have three platters, but two cakes. All three platters need to have the same amount of cake. How would you split it? Without even saying ...

You’re at the checkout screen after an online shopping spree, ready to enter your credit card number. You type it in and instantly see a red error message ...

A star student at her small Alabama high school, Kyra Richardson graduated confident in her academic prowess in all but one subject: math. By the time she arrived at Harvard in the fall of 2024, it ...

It’s an old joke that there are three kinds of people in the world: those who are good at math and those who aren’t. Tanya Evans, an associate professor in the School of Education and Human ...

When it comes to teaching math, a debate has persisted for decades: How, and to what degree, should algorithms be a focus of learning math? The step-by-step procedures are among the most debated ...

A zero-sum mentality, where one person's gain is another's loss, hinders progress and cooperation. Shifting to an "abundance mindset" fosters collaboration and mutual benefit, like investing in ...

America’s amazing technological achievements, such as SpaceX’s recent rescue of stranded astronauts, mask the death spiral of math learning in the U.S., which has reached an ignominious low with ...