Mathematics education must move beyond marks and memorisation, focusing instead on reasoning, problem-solving, and creative ...

Students around the world often dislike mathematics and eagerly await the day when they won’t have to struggle with long, complicated calculations. While the hate is widespread, a comprehensive ...

For the past several years, America has been using its young people as lab rats in a sweeping, if not exactly thought-out, education experiment. Schools across the country have been lowering standards ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. In 1974, five years before he wrote his Pulitzer Prize–winning book Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid, Douglas Hofstadter was ...

Mayoral front-runner Zohran Mamdani’s campaign rolled out a “savings calculator” that estimates how much money New Yorkers would be spared under his watch – but rivals claim it’s using “fantasy” math.

Every so often it's good to exercise your brain with a math problem or two that forces you to recall principles you learned decades prior. As elementary as it might feel, you'd be surprised how easy ...

A dad was left scratching his head over his daughter's second grade math homework, which focused on how best to equally divide a series of pizzas. Homework can be a stressful experience for both ...

The ancestor of modern calculators, the Abacus (Latin for “board“) was a grooved board with movable counting labels made up of bones or stones. It reportedly dates back to 3000 BC in ancient Babylon ...

Everybody needs a calculator. Because of this, there have been many calculators through the years, and they’re actually pretty easy to find. Most people use them to figure out stuff like how much to ...

A 14-year-old math prodigy from India, Aaryan Shukla, broke six Guinness World Records in 24 hours with his lightning-fast mental calculations. Known as a human calculator, Aaryan uses daily practice ...

Indian teenager Aaryan Shulka performs calculations in his head quicker than most people can use a calculator. At a recent event hosted by Guinness World Records, 14-year-old Shulka shattered six ...

Math captivates some students, but for many others, the subject can feel hopelessly abstract, boring, or downright nerve-wracking—especially if students have trouble visualizing possible solutions or ...