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

DeepMind’s AlphaEvolve helps solve a math puzzle with Terence Tao, showing how AI can now invent new ideas—and prove old ones ...

We like to think that we're pretty good at math, especially after years of schooling. But every once in a while, a simple third-grade math problem manages to trip us up and make us question our ...

Here's the thing about math that nobody tells you: it's less about memorizing formulas and more about knowing which tools to ...

Bitcoin miners don't solve complex math problems - they guess numbers. While "solving mathematical puzzles" has become a common description of bitcoin mining, the process more closely resembles a ...

Math is a problem — one that a relentless onslaught of testing has not solved. Some assume kids are the ones failing, but it’s time to acknowledge that it’s our tests and the curriculum they determine ...

Shocking UC San Diego study reveals one in eight college freshmen lack basic math skills, with remedial course enrollment ...

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For whatever reason, people loved to share the problems they could not solve this year. Some of those major life-changing, brain-melting problems were of the math variety. Below, an assortment of math ...