Lose 50% and you need 100% gains just to break even. That's why Warren Buffett obsesses over protecting his money—and why you should too.

Archaeologists working in northern Mesopotamia say they have uncovered visual patterns that look a lot like structured ...

If many students are struggling with operations like dividing decimals, this schoolwide approach to scheduling can help.

Life gets busy, and sometimes those basic math skills from school days get a little rusty. Whether you're budgeting, measuring for a DIY project, or just having a math-related brain teaser thrown your ...

A seemingly easy math puzzle making the rounds on the internet has left people scratching their heads as it requires some clever thinking. The brainteaser, that was shared on X this week by user ...

Math scores in the US have been so bad for so long that teachers could be forgiven for trying anything to improve them. Unfortunately, many of the strategies they’re using could be making things worse ...

A deceptively simple math problem has left the internet stumped, proving it may be far trickier than it appears at first glance. The mathematical brain teaser, posted Friday by X user @BholanathDutta, ...

UC San Diego says it’s struggling to deal with a large and growing number of freshmen whose math skills are below middle-school level, leaving many unprepared to thrive at an institution famed for its ...

BOOK WINNER — Students at Stanton Elementary School, including third-grader Ryan Taylor, took part in Edison’s summer math and reading challenge in order to remain sharp during time away from school.

In “The Great Math War,” Jason Socrates Bardi takes on a battle for the soul of numbers that divided the experts of its day. By Jordan Ellenberg Jordan Ellenberg, a professor of mathematics at the ...

A TKer subscriber recently pointed out that if your investment is down 20%, then you’d need a 25% gain from the current level to return to the initial level. For example, if your investment of $100 ...

When the digital revolution first hit classrooms in the early 2010s—and more schools began issuing laptops or tablets to students for individual use—online learning seemed to promise a faster, easier ...