You can probably think of a time when you’ve used math to solve an everyday problem, such as calculating a tip at a restaurant or determining the square footage of a room. But what role does math play ...

Organizational strategies that help students break complex word problems into manageable chunks may be the key to solving them, according to a 2025 study.

On a humid 1969 September night in Texas, a little boy sat in the stands of a high school football game, happily supporting his hometown team. As he watched, the opposition's running back broke free, ...

Back in 1948, the journal Physical Review published a paper entitled “Space-Time Approach to Quantum Electrodynamics” by a young physicist named R.P. Feynman at Cornell University. The paper described ...

Why is mathematics so complicated? It’s a question many students will ask while grappling with a particularly complex calculus problem — and their teachers will probably echo while setting or marking ...

College students learn more calculus in an active learning course in which students solve problems during class than in a traditional lecture-based course. That’s according to a peer-reviewed study my ...

Source: iStock image by Pict Rider licensed to Art Markman The general concept of lying is one we’re all familiar with. The liar deliberately says something to a receiver that is intended to lead the ...

Bitcoin miners don't solve complex math problems - they guess numbers. While "solving mathematical puzzles" has become a common description of bitcoin mining, the process more closely resembles a ...

Outgoing defense secretary Chuck Hagel recently announced the closure of fifteen U.S. military bases in Europe. Britain, Germany, Italy, Belgium and the Netherlands each will see a downsizing of the U ...

Now that the first 2016er has semiofficially launched his bid—we're looking at you, Jim Webb—the rest of the primary field will likely solidify in the next seven months, likely starting very, very ...