When it comes to factors that affect a student’s well-being in adulthood, better math skills might not be the first thing that comes to mind. But as it turns out, increasing math scores helps deliver ...

The Poincaré conjecture has been in the news lately. Russian mathematician Grigori Perelman submitted a proof 3 years ago claiming that he had proved the famous conjecture. In August, he won a ...

Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to print (Opens in new window) A study ...

Factors are numbers that you can multiply together to get another number. Factors and multiples help us understand how numbers relate to each other in multiplication and division. To find the factors ...

Scale factors describe how much a shape has been enlarged (made larger). Enlarging by a scale factor of 2 means that each side of the shape has been multiplied by 2. All the sides double in length and ...

Findings are in the news this month, including: Some detail is missing from those articles, particularly the item I wrote about calculus. What factors are behind the dearth of African American ...

Alabama saw record-breaking gains on the Nation’s Report Card this year, but state leaders say more targeted efforts – and more money – are needed to sustain recent progress. “Even though we’re seeing ...