Wrestling with Word’s equation editor can be frustrating, but it doesn’t have to be. A few simple tricks can make typing and formatting math equations a breeze—no more clunky menus or endless ...

Mr and Mrs Wallace hire a van for moving house. They see this advert in the local paper and decide to use this company. When they hand the van back, their bill comes to £59. How many hours did they ...

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An equation is a statement with an equals sign, stating that two expressions are equal in value, for example \(3x + 5 = 11\) Solving an equation means finding the value or values for which the two ...

This jingle has helped generations of algebra students recall the quadratic formula that solves every equation of the form $latex ax^2+bx+c=0$. The formula is as ...

"Even the +, −, =, and x signs we take for granted only came into widespread use in the 17th century. Which means that the earlier algebraists we know of … all had expressed their equations mostly in ...

New research details an intriguing new way to solve "unsolvable" algebra problems that go beyond the fourth degree – something that has generally been deemed impossible using traditional methods for ...

It’s formatted to confuse people, and there are no interesting underlying concepts. By Kenneth Chang Math can be useful. It can also be elegant, even beautiful — a word you’ll often hear ...

A Missouri school district is now making its math curriculum more gender inclusive, updating word problems and other language-based math equations with "they/them" pronouns. As presented in a Webster ...

The obvious choice is often wrong. by Bart de Langhe, Stefano Puntoni and Richard Larrick Test yourself with this word problem: Imagine you’re responsible for your company’s car fleet. You manage two ...