Easy-looking math problem splits people - can you get the right answer in 30 seconds?

An apparently easy-looking math problem has left internet users scratching their heads. Give it a try to see if you can ...

Embracing 'productive struggle': César Chávez Elementary parents dive into the new way kids are learning math

Jose Medrano and Rebeca Zapata shuddered at what their daughter, Miranda Zapata, brought home one recent day: fifth grade math homework. “Since it’s something I haven’t practiced recently, I feel like ...
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7 Research-Backed Ways to Boost Working Memory in Math

It took a series of aviation disasters for safety experts to realize the critical role of working memory when pilots and technicians juggle competing tasks. In some cases, technicians made apparently ...
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'Is My Math Right?': The GOP Embarrass Themselves Again As Sec. Linda McMahon And Sen. John Kennedy Struggle With Basic Calculations In Hearing

During a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing several months ago, Education Secretary Linda McMahon and Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) struggled to perform basic arithmetic as they calculated $1.58 ...
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When mathematics meets aesthetics: Tessellations as a precise tool for solving complex problems

In a recent study, mathematicians from Freie Universität Berlin have demonstrated that planar tiling, or tessellation, is much more than a way to create a pretty pattern. Consisting of a surface ...