For all of the recent strides we’ve made in the math world—like a supercomputer finally solving the Sum of Three Cubes problem that puzzled mathematicians for 65 years—we’re forever crunching ...

A dad in Virginia ended up turning to social media for help after becoming confused by a first-grade math problem. Math seems to be a problem for many young Americans. In 2022, the Programme for ...

Time to test your brain! Are you a puzzle person? Most of these hard math problems aren’t straightforward arithmetic. They challenge you to look at problems a different way, testing your logic and ...

This story is part of a series from the Education Reporting Collaborative in partnership with AL.com. At the Erikson Institute, a child-development-focused graduate school in Chicago, this annual ...

Every year, thousands of college students from across the U.S. and Canada give up a full Saturday before finals begin to take a notoriously difficult, 6-hour math test — and not for a grade, but for ...

We must admit that most people’s least favorite school subject is maths. It’s difficult, occasionally perplexing, and somewhat demanding, particularly when it comes to ideas like algebra, trigonometry ...

No matter the age, there's one school subject that just doesn't add up for many people, and trying to solve it can bring nerves and even fear. Balancing weights, measuring steps and stacking blocks ...

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Some math problems have been challenging us for centuries, and while brain-busters like these hard math problems may seem impossible, someone is bound to solve ’em eventually. Well, maybe. For now, ...