A fireworks display launches 40 fireworks in sequence. Each firework reaches a random height, independent of the height that ...

One afternoon earlier this year, my 11-year-old son was sitting at his laptop and working quietly on his math homework. At least, that’s what he was supposed to be doing. When I glanced at his screen, ...

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In second grade, I stopped being able to do math. One night I went to do my long-division homework and I couldn’t figure it out. My mom demanded that I sit with my math teacher because my sudden ...

Remember how your grandparents used to tell you about how back in their day, they had to walk to and from school uphill both ways? Well now we can tell children of today about how back in our day, we ...

Real talk: I think learning is always fun. (Yes, I am absolutely a Ravenclaw. Why do you ask?) But when it’s a literal game? Then it’s even better, especially when you’re a kid. That’s probably why ...

While scrolling through Reddit today, as I am wont to do, I stumbled across an image posted by a user named Thebuder89 and it made my brain do a full-blown backflip. It was a picture of a CD-ROM for ...

Well, this is incredibly nostalgic. The classic educational game Math Blaster is back, and this time it’s on Facebook. The new version features online multiplayer and new minigames. You also don’t ...