Celebrate Pi Day and read all about how this number pops up across math and science on our special Pi Day page. It's Pi Day at the pizzeria, and orders are flying. In the chaos, you randomly toss a ...

Sudoku and other puzzles can incorporate play and critical thinking skills, while easing students into solving standard math problems.

Math is not everyone’s favorite, understandably. Hours of math homework and difficult equations can make anyone sour on the subject. But when math problems are outside of a school setting, there’s no ...

Math puzzles are a good way to test your critical thinking skills. Math puzzles can boost analytical thinking and problem-solving skills. In today’s math puzzle challenge, you need to find the missing ...

This maths brainteaser might just make you weep. Maths can be one of the most frustrating subjects for many students. While some people seem to natural excel in the subject, others really battle to ...

Imagine someone handing you a scrap of net from a basketball hoop, with knotted red cord attached to the netting, and telling you this bit of string is a clue in a puzzle. How quickly — if ever — ...

I’ve been out of school for decades, and I don’t spend my days solving equations (I’m more of a word person). Still, I like to think I have a solid grip on basic math: I can usually gauge whether a ...

From Quanta Magazine (find original story here). Most of the important discoveries in mathematics take place after decades or centuries of effort. If you want to attack the biggest problems, you’ll ...