A brain teaser shared online this week has left people stumped. Can you remember the special rule taught in math class to figure out the correct answer?

In a world run by computers, there is one algorithm that stands above all the rest. It powers search engines, encrypts your data, guides rockets, runs simulations, and makes the modern digital ...

Ontario's education minister is appointing advisers to review the province's approach to standardized testing, saying results are not showing enough improvement, particularly in math. Math scores on ...

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Abstract: In this paper, we propose three modular multiplication algorithms that use only the IEEE 754 binary floating-point operations. Several previous studies have used floating-point operations to ...

Studies estimate that roughly one quarter to one third of students experience math anxiety, a psychological condition that often goes undetected until it has already undermined their performance.

All of modern mathematics is built on the foundation of set theory, the study of how to organize abstract collections of objects. But in general, research mathematicians don’t need to think about it ...

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 ...

Math scores in the US have been so bad for so long that teachers could be forgiven for trying anything to improve them. Unfortunately, many of the strategies they’re using could be making things worse ...

A new report from the University of California, San Diego has ignited a viral conversation on social media, because it demonstrates the alarming lack of preparation among incoming freshmen for college ...

A University of California San Diego report warns that roughly one in eight incoming college students can’t meet middle school math standards. It found that the number of students needing to take ...

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. North Carolina is overhauling its math standards, with major changes potentially coming to the courses students take in high school.