Partitioning is a useful way of breaking big numbers up into smaller pieces, so they are easier to work with. Isn’t that right, guys? Take the number 23, let’s break it down. Not like that, like this… ...

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

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Researchers have found a fractal pattern underlying everyday math. In the process, they’ve discovered a way to calculate partition numbers, a challenge that’s stymied mathematicians for centuries.

In the realm of mathematics, it’s hard to imagine anything more basic than the counting numbers: 1, 2, 3, and so on. Yet this set of mathematical objects abounds with beautiful and unexpected patterns ...