Imagine winding the hour hand of a clock back from 3 o’clock to noon. Mathematicians have long known how to describe this rotation as a simple multiplication: A number representing the initial ...

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

Nearly twenty years after I graduated high school and my last calculus class, I still get that nightmare where I’m at the exam for a calculus course I somehow forgot to attend, or that I faked my way ...

Excerpted from "The Grapes of Math: How Life Reflects Numbers and Numbers Reflect Life." Numbers were invented to describe precise amounts: three teeth, seven days, twelve goats. When quantities are ...

A UNSW Sydney mathematician has discovered a new method to tackle algebra's oldest challenge—solving higher polynomial equations. Polynomials are equations involving a variable raised to powers, such ...

“Do you see the pattern? Each number in the series after the first two numbers is the sum of the preceding two numbers.” That’s how I began my last column focusing on the Fibonacci sequence, which ...

Use Base-Ten diagrams and standard, expanded, and word forms to represent numbers. Warm up with a Mystery Math Mistake as you add two 2-digit numbers using a decomposition strategy. Find Which One ...

a fun game to play and work on a puzzle around true or false. These two lessons continue to work with numbers, give you a fun game to play and work on a puzzle around true or false. These two lessons ...

Whether you’re trying to teach a young kid how to count or struggling through an advanced college math class, there are several apps that can make math less painful. This list focuses on iOS math apps ...