Diego Fonseca is a computer science major who hoped to get into calculus in college but, like many college students today, he is still struggling with basic math. He has major hurdles with algebra, a ...

A movement to help students understand rather than memorize has had sprawling effects, including pushback on teaching methods ...

Although math skills are considered notoriously hard to improve, Johns Hopkins University researchers boosted kindergartners' arithmetic performance simply by exercising their intuitive number sense ...

When we go to the cinema, we expect certain things of big-screen scientists. Most of us will get annoyed if a film gets its basic facts wrong, for example. Directors are aware of this, so generally ...

Here’s a simple-sounding problem: Imagine a circular fence that encloses one acre of grass. If you tie a goat to the inside of the fence, how long a rope do you need to allow the animal access to ...

Math is awesome. Wait!! Don’t click out of here to go read an article about Beyoncé and her twins! Stay with me so I can tell you why math is awesome. Because if you have a basic understanding of math ...

A deceptively simple math problem has left the internet stumped, proving it may be far trickier than it appears at first glance. The mathematical brain teaser, posted Friday by X user @BholanathDutta, ...

Many students who lacked hands-on, in-person teachings due to the coronavirus pandemic and subsequent lockdowns and school closures are now struggling with basic math at the college level, according ...

There's another viral math question confusing the internet. Do you have what it takes to figure it out?

HOLY CRAP THIS MATHS QUIZ IS STRESSFUL. Seriously, probably the worst thing to attempt on a Monday morning. But we’re sharing it with you, anyway, because you deserve to know about this. Also, it’s ...