A healthy knowledge of geometry helps students see the world in a whole new way. At CCS, Lydia Thornton uses physical ...

The standard explanation has been dark energy, an invisible force added into the equations to make the math work. But now, an ...

Dive into one of the most wicked geometry problems and see it explained step by step in a clear, intuitive way. This lesson breaks down the hidden structure, key insights, and clever reasoning that ...

January 8, 2026 - It's time for John Fensterwald's annual predictions for what's in store for education in 2026. Math is the sum of its parts, and it adds on itself. What does that mean? It means that ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Among high school students and adults, girls and women are much more likely to use traditional, step-by-step algorithms to solve basic math problems – such as lining up numbers to ...

There weren’t calculators or computers in medieval Europe. But there were math duels. Mathematicians would gather in public squares and pose tricky math problems to each other. Then they raced to ...

At the 2024 International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO), one competitor did so well that it would have been awarded the Silver Prize, except for one thing: it was an AI system. This was the first time ...

The New York State Education Department is pushing new math guidelines, including a recommendation that teachers stop giving timed quizzes — because it stresses students out. The new guidelines also ...

In the third century BCE, Apollonius of Perga asked how many circles one could draw that would touch three given circles at exactly one point each. It would take 1,800 years to prove the answer: eight ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. American students are experiencing a math crisis marked by a decline in scores that began over a decade ago and ...

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We like to think that we're pretty good at math, especially after years of schooling. But every once in a while, a simple third-grade math problem manages to trip us up and make us question our ...