After 80 years of fruitless struggle by human mathematicians, a major geometry conjecture has at last been solved—via a straightforward query to a chatbot. “No previous AI-generated proof has come ...

Among high school students and adults, girls and women are much more likely to use traditional, step-by-step algorithms to solve basic math problems – such as lining up numbers to add, starting with ...

Since the start of the 20th century, the heart of mathematics has been the proof — a rigorous, logical argument for whether a given statement is true or false. Mathematicians’ careers are measured by ...

Today’s teaching methods prioritize creative problem-solving over traditional formulas and equations, but these changes may be critical for the next generation. A group of children work together on a ...

Ariel Procaccia has thought a lot about how to cut cake over the last 15 years. That’s partly because the Harvard computer scientist has three children who among them have celebrated more than two ...

Cargo ships lost over 3,000 containers in 2020, and reportedly another 1,000 have already fallen overboard in 2021, according to the World Shipping Council. For comparison, the Council estimated an ...

Jo Boaler has spent a lot of time thinking and writing about anxiety—math anxiety, in particular—and its impact on kids’ learning trajectories. Mathematics, she writes in her 2019 book, Limitless Mind ...

‘These foundations [of mathematics] are, moreover, a perpetual source of reflection and discovery for the masters of the science. Even in number system you will find material for long reflection.

Photo credit: lewiselementary via flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) CCSS.Math.Content.3.OA.B.5: Apply properties of operations as strategies to multiply and divide. Most math instruction for younger elementary ...