Excitement soared on Saturday, November 8, as millions of hopefuls across the United States awaited the results of the ...

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For years, a French mathematician searched for a proof that a gigantic number is prime. His method is still used 150 years ...

Quantum mechanics has at last been formulated exclusively with real numbers, bringing a mathematical puzzle at the heart of ...

Two mathematicians have proved that a straightforward question—how hard is it to untie a knot?—has a complicated answer.

Most of us have little trouble working out how many millilitres are in 2.4 litres of water (it’s 2,400). But the same can’t ...

Helping students to develop math fluency takes more than just flash cards. It requires teaching them how to think about ...

A new collection of research papers examines how humans conceptualize numbers and the numeral systems we’ve build around them ...

NARRATOR: Hello Snoot, I see you’re shopping. NARRATOR: Let’s see, you’ve got 5 eyeballs and 5 blobs. The eyeballs are 3 credits each and the blobs are 2 credits each. Add those 2 prices together. 3 ...

Most of us have little trouble working out how many milliliters are in 2.4 liters of water (it's 2,400). But the same can't be said when we're asked how many minutes are in 2.4 hours (it's 144).

19 is only 1 away from 20, so you prefer to start by multiplying 20 times 5, which equals 100. Then we need to take away a squadron of 5, because there are actually only 19 squadrons, not 20. 100 take ...