In 2012 I, along with a group of like-minded colleagues, signed up to take on an audacious goal: we helped open New York City’s first public high school focused on computing. We didn’t know it at the ...

Math Riddles are so challenging, but that makes them worthwhile to solve. Math riddles are logical problems that require strong analytical abilities, high IQ, knowledge of math concepts, and good ...

Pop quiz: you’re a student in a classroom of 30 students, and you’re stuck on a math concept. What’s worse, you just arrived at this school mid-year and you’re actually two grade levels behind in math ...

Brain teasers are an excellent way to keep your mind sharp and engage your problem-solving skills. Ranging from simple to complex, these puzzles offer a fun yet challenging way to give your brain a ...

Alan Veliz-Cuba has received funding from the Simons Foundation and the American Mathematical Society for some of his research. You can probably think of a time when you’ve used math to solve an ...

Source: Slide 15 of a PowerPoint presentation, accompanying a June 2016 OECD report, “Equations and Inequalities.” Click here for a larger version. Abstract, pure math — solving disembodied equations ...