Numberphile revived an ancient multiplication trick—halves and doubles—also called Egyptian or Russian math, where you repeatedly halve one number and double the other. After crossing out rows with ...

Does trying to calculate a tip without your smartphone calculator make you break out in a cold sweat? If you answered “yes,” you’re in good company. Even the most brilliant scientists and engineers ...

A few MLB playoff teams can sit back, relax and enjoy the opening round of the 2025 postseason. The top two clubs in the American and National Leagues earned byes for the Wild Card Series and ...

WASHINGTON — A decadelong slide in high schoolers’ reading and math performance persisted during the COVID-19 pandemic, with 12th graders’ scores dropping to their lowest level in more than 20 years, ...

Chennai: The Madras Dyslexia Association (MDA), founded by an IIT Madras alumnus, has developed a remedial toolkit for children with learning disabilities and math difficulties. Called ‘Count on Me', ...

Formulas in Microsoft Excel can contain a wide range of symbols, such as the asterisk (*), the question mark (?), and the "at" (@) sign. Among the most important are parentheses, square brackets, and ...

Algebra can be demystified with the right approach. Transforming word problems into mathematical expressions is crucial, alongside using formula sheets and colour-coding equations for clarity.

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 ...

These Year 4 maths worksheets are perfect for independent practice, homework or quick assessments in class. They provide valuable opportunities for pupils to apply their multiplication and division ...

Students graph linear equations in Zach Loy’s ninth-grade algebra class at Braham Area High School in Minnesota. Credit: Patience Zalanga for The Hechinger Report The Hechinger Report covers one topic ...

Abstract: A novel type of diffractive optics is presented to perform the multiplication and division of the orbital angular momentum (OAM) of light beams in an efficient and compact way. The technique ...

This bus stop division worksheet tasks Year 5 children with using the short division written bus stop method to solve eight division problems involving numbers up to 4 digits. There is ample space for ...