When it was her turn to host all her fellow middle school math teachers, her boss and her boss ... Figure out what you’re solving for, set up the formula, plug in the numbers, simplify, then add or ...

Objectives Globally, more than 700 000 people commit suicide annually. In Sweden, the yearly incidence ranges between 1000 and 1500 people, which is higher than the global average. The aim of this ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks to mathematician Eugenia Cheng about the Pascaline -- a 17th-century invention credited as the first mechanical calculator.

In 2024, Gary, the father of a first grader was forced to ask Reddit for help with his son's homework, which asked students to fill in the missing word in a sentence.

Answer: 888 + 88 + 8 + 8 + 8 = 1,000. This is the kind of math riddle you can work out with times tables, or by simple logic. First, get as close to 1,000 as you can (888). From there, it’s easy to ...

The Trump administration’s claim that it is saving billions of dollars through DOGE-related cuts to federal contracts is drastically exaggerated, according to a new POLITICO analysis of public data ...

Abstract: An architecture is described for performing addition and subtraction of numbers in the logarithmic number system using small lookup tables. Previous implementations require approximately 4*2 ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. A new proof has brought mathematicians one step closer to understanding the hidden order of those “atoms of arithmetic,” the prime ...

Abstract: We have developed a computerized scheme for a temporal subtraction (TS) image in successive whole-body bone scans and demonstrated the clinical utility of this scheme in the prospective ...

Algebra I is a crucial course for middle and high school students for successful STEM-related coursework. A key issue is whether students should take Algebra I in Grade 8 versus Grade 9. Large-scale ...

Nonverbal communication is a complex process and can include facial expressions, gaze direction and pupil dilation, gestures, body movements and proxemics (the physical distance we maintain from ...