Age is an important predictor of Americans' feelings toward math, the survey revealed. About half as many younger U.S. adults (32% of those aged 18 to 24) as older adults (61% of those ages 65 and ...

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A tricky math question has been leaving people confused as they try to work out the answer - but others say it's really ...

A primary school maths question aimed at 10-year-olds has left adults scratching their heads. The difficult challenge was shared on a popular Reddit thread after one sibling was left stumped by his ...

STARKVILLE — Mississippi State Instructor II Kim Walters is using her Math in Your World class to teach students that math is more than problems in a textbook — it’s ...

Some kids were given instructional math materials that used spatial cues, while others, who served as controls, used learning aids that didn’t feature spatial cues (such as equal-sized square tiles, ...

It was a nice try, but incorrect. A few others came up with 42.5 dogs as the answer, with one woman explaining her method as follows: "49-36=13. 13/2=6.5. 36+6.5=42.5.

An undergraduate student at Penn State University discovered a new approach to a century-old problem, and in doing so made it easier for engineers to develop more efficient wind turbines. The real ...

“I came up with a problem which experts in my field would recognize as an open question in number theory—a good Ph.D.-level problem,” he says. He asked o4-mini to solve the question.

Education Secretary Linda McMahon struggles with basic math when trying to add up proposed budget cuts. Secretary of Education nodded along as senator mistakenly said $1.58 million over 10 years ...

Elementary math teacher Margie Howells teaches a 5th grade class at Wheeling Country Day School in Wheeling, W.V., on Sept. 5, 2023. A new survey of U.S. adults finds that they don't agree on the ...