A maths problem has been going viral online, with people arguing over what the correct result should be. The issue has arisen as puzzle fans have been coming up with different answers for the question ...

Harvard might be America’s most elite university — but now it’s offering remedial math classes. The school’s math department is providing a new scaled-back math class for freshmen who are apparently ...

For about a decade now, mathematicians and mathematics educators have been weighing in on a particular debate rooted in school mathematics that shows no signs of abating. If you’re like most, your ...

Egan J Chernoff received and receives funding from SSHRC (Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada) which is not explicitly related to this article. Rina Zazkis received funding from ...

Sometimes BODMAS is just PEMDAS by another name. And no, the answer is not 100. By Steven Strogatz Mathematical Twitter is normally a quiet, well-ordered place, a refuge from the aggravations of the ...

Every few months, the Internet eats itself over some kind of viral riddle or illusion, each more infuriating than the last. And so, like clockwork, this maddening math problem has gone viral, ...

Even Queer Eye’s resident home renovator (and probably the guy who knows the most about math) Bobby Berk got into the debate. It’s also probably a regional thing. Those who followed a BEDMAS (often ...

Math can be fun, but it can also be tricky. Adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing — numbers can really boggle the mind sometimes. And really, this is true at any age, with a lot of opinions ...

The 3 elements of illegal gaming are prize, payment and chance. Eliminate one of these and your operation may now qualify as a contest, rather than illegal gaming. There are a few different options ...