How many of us complained in high school algebra class, “I’m never going to use this stuff”? Well, whether you realize it or not, you’re using it on a regular basis. If you’ve ever calculated a tip, ...

We teach the wrong math and test it the wrong way. We devote thousands of hours to the obsolete rote math that pervades our ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It can be easy to think that you need math only to do your algebra or geometry homework or if you have a job as an engineer. But, ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Most people never become mathematicians, but ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Mathematics will be the subject of the day on May 18 and May 19 when the University at Buffalo welcomes hundreds of elementary and middle-school students who will conduct ...

Math will be the subject of the day on May 18 and May 19 as UB welcomes hundreds of elementary and middle-school students to Knox Lecture Hall, North Campus, to conduct presentations and participate ...