Lawmakers cleared a bill to let stores round cash to the nearest nickel; the penny’s days as everyday change may be numbered.

New research shows that AI language models can develop a mathematical “understanding” that differentiates between events that ...

Simon Singh's exploration of mathematical proof – in particular Pierre de Fermat's last theorem – remains an absolute ...

Every year, the countries competing in the International Mathematical Olympiad arrive with a booklet of their best, most ...

Everyday metaphors are linked to how we experience the world around us, according to seminal work by researchers George ...

From fractions and decimals to distance and time, the humble-but-versatile number line can deepen students’ understanding of ...

Teachers can use these questions to draw students out and get worthwhile formative assessment responses to guide instruction.

From number puzzles to sentence completion and even visual challenges, this pattern recognition cognitive test is designed to challenge your logic skills. Covering key areas such as figure matrices, ...

WORKING OUT how to most efficiently pack a crate full of oranges may seem like a juvenile pursuit for professional mathematicians. And yet the sphere-packing problem, as this pastime is properly known ...

In ancient Greece, Euclid showed that if you agree on a small list of preliminary principles, or axioms, you can use deductive reasoning to reveal all sorts of new mathematical truths. But although ...

Axiom Math is giving away a powerful new AI tool. But it remains to be seen if it speeds up research as much as the company hopes. Axiom Math, a startup based in Palo Alto, California, has released a ...