When students create a visual resource to scaffold problem-solving, they can approach independent work with more confidence ...

Everyone agreed on the first step: Solve inside the parentheses, for 2+2=4. But after that, people split down two paths. Some multiplied first, while others divided, leading to different answers—1 and ...

David Cutler is in the spotlight for his work on a tasty-sounding mathematics problem. In January, the New York Times featured a research paper authored by Cutler and Neil Sloane, the founder of The ...

The North Carolina Department of Instruction wants the state to maintain the new high school math sequence that some teachers and parents dislike. DPI's proposed revisions to the state's academic ...

For all of the recent strides we’ve made in the math world—like a supercomputer finally solving the Sum of Three Cubes problem that puzzled mathematicians for 65 years—we’re forever crunching ...

At first glance, the problem seems ridiculously simple. And yet experts have been searching for a solution in vain for decades. According to mathematician Jeffrey Lagarias, number theorist Shizuo ...

Cassie Bush, left, and Jason Phillips, right, collaborate on a problem during a math class at Athens Drive High School in Raleigh on Sept. 4, 2014. Chris Seward News & Observer File Photo Changes to ...

A 'simple' math sequence has left the internet puzzled, proving that it may be far more complex than it appears at first glance. The mathematical brain teaser, posted by X user Bholanath DuttaFounder, ...