While educators and policymakers debate whether 8th graders can be readied to learn algebra, Sigrid B. Frawley sits in front of her kindergartners with a magic bag. She puts three tokens in the bag ...

The Harvard Math Department will pilot a new introductory course aimed at rectifying a lack of foundational algebra skills among students, according to Harvard’s Director of Introductory Math Brendan ...

Build, read, write, and represent three-digit numbers using base-10 blocks and symbols. Build, read, write (in standard and expanded form), and represent three-digit numbers using base-10 blocks and ...

Basketball player Elton Brand presents a challenge about the math behind free throw shots. Basketball player Elton Brand describes how he became an NBA star, then presents a challenge about the math ...

Algebra uses letters and symbols in the place of numbers and can be used to simplify expressions. Algebraic notation close algebraic notationA series or system of written symbols used to represent ...