India’s relationship with mathematics has shaped the very framework of global science. The formalization of zero gave civilization a new way to think about the infinite and the void. Centuries later, ...

The Seattle school district is planning to infuse all K-12 math classes with ethnic-studies questions that encourage students to explore how math has been “appropriated” by Western culture and used in ...

This is episode one of a three-part series. You can listen to part two here and part three here. [CLIP: Wind howls] Rachel Feltman: When Tom Crawford climbed Mount Kilimanjaro and stood 5,895 meters ...

All those long multiplication tables. Timed tests and “mad minutes” of worksheet problem-solving. Fluency drills. Somehow, getting kids to know their basic math facts continues to be at the heart of ...

PHILADELPHIA — Every statistic tells a story. Those stories can be simple, complex, incomplete, even seemingly contradictory at times, depending on how the numbers are tracked and presented. The story ...

Did you know there are more ways to shuffle a deck of cards than there are atoms in the universe? Seems crazy, but it's true. Today The Why Files covers amazing math facts (and tricks) that will ...