For years, a French mathematician searched for a proof that a gigantic number is prime. His method is still used 150 years ...

Helping students to develop math fluency takes more than just flash cards. It requires teaching them how to think about ...

Most of us have little trouble working out how many millilitres are in 2.4 litres of water (it’s 2,400). But the same can’t ...

A new collection of research papers examines how humans conceptualize numbers and the numeral systems we’ve build around them ...

Most of us have little trouble working out how many milliliters are in 2.4 liters of water (it's 2,400). But the same can't be said when we're asked how many minutes are in 2.4 hours (it's 144).

Explore the etymology of Greek numbers, their origins, meaning, and their influence on mathematics and ancient Greek culture.

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

Cell division is a process of remarkable precision: during each cycle, the genetic material must be evenly distributed between the two daughter cells. To achieve this, duplicated chromosomes, known as ...

A visual puzzle challenges you to find two hidden numbers, 58 and 33, amidst a sea of 53s within 12 seconds. This exercise ...

REDUCE allows you to iterate through your data, building your result step-by-step, in the same way a loop operates in a programming language. Instead of scattering your intermediate calculations ...