Students in Melissa Williams' kindergarten class at the Westminster School in Atlanta, Georgia, practice connecting quantities to written numbers — a key part of number sense. Credit: Holly Korbey for ...

The transcendental number π is as familiar as it is ubiquitous, but how does Euler’s number e transcend the ordinary? 4 pieces: 2.5 × 2.5 × 2.5 × 2.5 = 39.06 5 pieces: 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 = 32 6 pieces: ...

Weird Math sets out to “reveal the strange connections between math and everyday life.” The book fulfills that laudable goal, in part. At times, teenage math prodigy Agnijo Banerjee and his tutor, ...

Mathematics is one of the only areas of knowledge that can objectively be described as "true," because its theorems are derived from pure logic. And yet, at the same time, those theorems are often ...

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Most people will probably remember the times tables from primary school quizzes. There might be patterns in some of them (the simple doubling of the 2 times table) but others you just learnt by rote.

Who says math can't be fun?! Try these math puzzles for a delightful challenge. Math is not everyone’s favorite, understandably. Hours of math homework and difficult equations can make anyone sour on ...

The following is an excerpt from Thinking in Numbers: On Life, Love, Meaning, and Math, by Daniel Tammet, out now from Little, Brown. Ask an Icelander what comes after three and he will answer, “Three ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X KINGSTON – Alvin Tuo was a point behind in the final round of the regional 2018 MATHCOUNTS ...