Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 1993, Hungarian mathematician Paul Erdős—one of the most prolific mathematicians of the 20th century—posed a question with two ...

Introducing new math concepts via already-worked examples can give students a significant boost in learning. But choosing the right problems makes a big difference. An analysis earlier this year of ...

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

My daughter came to me last Tuesday night with her math homework, and I froze. She's in seventh grade. The worksheet had something about solving two-step equations with variables on both sides, and ...