Mister Teacher, a 3rd grade math teacher, is teaching his kids to compare number values by using the “alligator mouth eats the greater number” trick. They seem to have gotten the idea: Almost all of ...

In math, Algebra 1 is a make-or-break course. The class is the gateway to high school math, and struggling to complete it can close off those higher-level pathways—and even jeopardize students’ ...

Looking for the answers to ax² + bx + c = 0? A mathematician has rediscovered a technique that the ancient Babylonians used. By Kenneth Chang and Jonathan Corum The quadratic equation has frustrated ...