In 2012 I, along with a group of like-minded colleagues, signed up to take on an audacious goal: we helped open New York City’s first public high school focused on computing. We didn’t know it at the ...

Millions of high school and college algebra students are united in a shared agony over solving for x and y. For those to whom the answers don't come easily, it gets worse: Most preschoolers and ...

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Polynomial equations are a cornerstone of modern science, providing a mathematical basis for celestial mechanics, computer graphics, market growth predictions and much more. But although most high ...

Math Riddles are so challenging, but that makes them worthwhile to solve. Math riddles are logical problems that require strong analytical abilities, high IQ, knowledge of math concepts, and good ...

PEMDAS has plagued many in elementary school math classes, but how many Americans remember how to use the acronym to solve problems? A simple sixth-grade math equation went viral on X for stumping ...

Abstract, pure math – solving disembodied equations filled with x's and y's – can often seem boring. Creative math teachers commonly try to come up with concrete, real-world examples to motivate ...