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 ...

Adding one irrelevant sentence to math problems causes AI systems to make confident mistakes over 300 percent more.

“I was curious to establish a baseline for when LLMs are effectively able to solve open math problems compared to where they ...

Math teacher Emma Chiappetta uses a three-round exercise to help students not only recognize their errors, but also generate ...

Among high school students and adults, girls and women are much more likely to use traditional, step-by-step algorithms to ...

The Greek philosopher Plato wrote about Socrates challenging a student with the "doubling the square" problem in about 385 B.C.E. When asked to double the area of a square, the student doubled the ...

Ramsey problems, such as r(4,5) are simple to state, but as shown in this graph, the possible solutions are nearly endless, making them very difficult to solve. We’ve all been there: staring at a math ...

There is a lot more to math than just equations on a chalkboard. It is a very useful set of tools for tackling problems in many different fields. Math tactics affect our environment in ways that most ...

A math problem has left the internet stumped and social media users scrambling from their nearest protractor to figure it out. The problem reads: "5)a) Dina is baking. The cake bakes from 11 o'clock ...

The employment future looks bright for people with strong math skills. But among the nation’s K-12 students, that represents a small and dwindling demographic. What’s to blame for students’ poor math ...

This story originally appeared in the February 2025 issue of Texas Monthly as part of our public-education feature, “What Our Schools Actually Need.” Humans have been learning math for thousands of ...