Math Smarts: Tips, Tricks, and Secrets for Making Math More Fun! by Lynette Long, illus. by Tracy McGuinness, does just that, with clever aids such as a cardboard ""Smart Chart"" that slides to reveal ...

While it is considered unacceptable for the average person to lack basic reading and writing skills, people often brag about their inability to “do math.” It is almost a badge of honor to be ...

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With all the hand wringing over how to improve math proficiency in the United States, we’ve lost sight of an important point: that kids learn math better if they enjoy it more. Kids need strong math ...

They don't call Scott Flansburg "The Human Calculator" for nothing. A group of Greenwich Academy middle school students watched in awe Thursday as they called out two- and three-digit numbers and ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. As Edward Frenkel sees it, the way we teach math in schools today is about as ...

For almost a century, the anonymous members of Nicolas Bourbaki have written books intended as pure expressions of mathematical thought. Antoine Chambert-Loir’s initiation into one of math’s oldest ...

LAST YEAR SOME OF THE nation's greatest math minds gathered at Manhattan's elegant Tribeca Rooftop for stunning views, fancy food and wine--and a series of complex equations to determine who among ...