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Here’s a simple-sounding problem: Imagine a circular fence that encloses one acre of grass. If you tie a goat to the inside of the fence, how long a rope do you need to allow the animal access to ...

Sam Wang has used a combination of computer simulations and simple math tests to help reveal the partisan intent behind the post-2010 redistricting. All this work gave the neuroscientist a new ...

Like Liam Neeson in Taken, Presh Talwalkar has a very specific set of skills. They don’t (as far as we know) include hunting down kidnappers and dispatching them in increasingly gruesome and ...

What is 8.8–8.11? Feed it into a calculator, and pop comes the answer. Ask your favourite AI models instead, and chances are, most will be in a tizzy. We tested this simple subtraction task on a range ...

Every mathematician has a story that goes something like this. You’re at a party, and someone asks what you do for a living. “I’m a mathematician,” you say. “You must be a genius!” they reply. Or ...

NEW DELHI-- An Indian bride walked out of her wedding ceremony after the groom failed to solve a simple math problem, police said Friday. The bride tested the groom on his math skills and when he got ...

I taught sixth-grade math for 24 years and found that the biggest impediment to teaching at that level was that so many students had never learned the basic math facts for addition, subtraction, and, ...