A child stares at the worksheet, a parent tries to help and realises they are guessing too. Across New York City, this scene ...

A new math puzzle designed to challenge readers of all ages is coming to the Daily Press. David Genter, a puzzle developer ...

When I was in middle school, I had a classmate who would look at trigonometric functions and yell, "I will never need these!" ...

Can you solve the elementary school problem that divided the internet in less than 30 seconds? Test your might in this seemingly easy challenge that many failed.

The major scientific breakthroughs and astronomical events have been seen this week with the remarkable development of a new kind of quantum processor that lasts 15 times longer than those used by ...

You’d be surprised how many young people can’t read this. One of its conclusions tells the sad tale. “Between 2020 and 2025, the number of students whose math skills fall below high school level has ...

UC San Diego is trying to solve a math problem. The university said a growing number of students are starting their freshman year lacking high school math proficiency. KPBS reporter Jacob Aere says ...

When it comes to hard problems, computer scientists seem to be stuck. Consider, for example, the notorious problem of finding the shortest round-trip route that passes through every city on a map ...

There weren’t calculators or computers in medieval Europe. But there were math duels. Mathematicians would gather in public squares and pose tricky math problems to each other. Then they raced to ...

A University of California San Diego report warns that roughly one in eight incoming college students can’t meet middle school math standards. It found that the number of students needing to take ...

Taxes are hard. Math is harder. But the way U.S. Sens. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Bill Cassidy, R-La., see it, it shouldn’t have to be that way. A bipartisan measure that would make it easier for ...

The New York State Education Department is pushing new math guidelines, including a recommendation that teachers stop giving timed quizzes — because it stresses students out. The new guidelines also ...