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

Bagley started working for The Tribune shortly after graduation and has published more than 6,000 cartoons for the ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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

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).

Stage 5: Justify thinking. A vital habit that many students need to solidify is recontextualizing after they solve ...

A visual puzzle challenges you to find two hidden numbers, 58 and 33, amidst a sea of 53s within 12 seconds. This exercise ...