A new Web site can solve intricate math problems with the click of a button, leaving educators to wonder if students will benefit from it or abuse it. UC slams court for holding undocumented student ...

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The International Math Olympiad (IMO) is a brainy battleground where the world’s most talented teenage mathematicians wrestle with devilishly difficult math problems. It’s long been considered a ...

Organizational strategies that help students break complex word problems into manageable chunks may be the key to solving them, according to a 2025 study.

Former President Donald Trump claimed to have again “aced” an increasingly difficult cognitive test involving intricate math problems, but experts say the test is easy, and a mock exam contained ...

Modern math problems don’t tend to have the kind of answers that trip off the tongue. Perhaps it’s a brand-new proof that takes a few pages’ worth of words and diagrams to explain properly, or an ...

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We like to think that we're pretty good at math, especially after years of schooling. But every once in a while, a simple third-grade math problem manages to trip us up and make us question our ...

A new Web site can solve intricate math problems with the click of a button, leaving educators to wonder if students will benefit from it or abuse it. The site, named Wolfram Alpha after founder and ...