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 ...

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Answer: 42.5 (Subtract 36 from 49, divide the answer by two. Add that number to 36 to get the answer). Answer: 888 + 88 + 8 + 8 + 8 = 1,000. What number do you get if you multiply all the numbers on a ...

A new Stanford study suggests math struggles may be about more than numbers. Children who had difficulty with math were less ...

Little progress had been made in solving Ramsey problems since the 1930s. Now, researchers have found the answer to r(4,t), a longstanding Ramsey problem that has perplexed the math world for decades.

Every year, thousands of college students from across the U.S. and Canada give up a full Saturday before finals begin to take a notoriously difficult, 6-hour math test — and not for a grade, but for ...

Cognitive overload can create a bottleneck during math lessons, but there are simple strategies to clear up students’ brain space for complex problem-solving.

Aug. 13—People enjoy watching and participating in a range of leisure activities. Some folks' game is basketball. Many enjoy visual and performing arts. But for a growing segment of students in Santa ...

Some math problems have been challenging us for centuries, and while brain-busters like these hard math problems may seem impossible, someone is bound to solve ’em eventually. Well, maybe. For now, ...