Provided content. One ball on a Plinko board is unpredictable. Drop a thousand and they form a near-perfect bell curve—one of math’s most powerful ideas for 150+ years.

George Pólya’s random walk theorem absolved him of being a lurker and revealed how the laws of chance interact with physical ...

The New York State Education Department is pushing new math guidelines, including a recommendation that teachers stop giving timed quizzes — because it stresses students out. The new guidelines also ...

Ever dreamt of solving math problems in your head with the speed of a calculator? Mental math might seem challenging, but it's a skill attainable through the right tools and techniques. The abacus, an ...

A student takes a math class to study for the STAAR state standardized tests in this archive photo. Ron Jenkins Star-Telegram file photo Are you an accountant who plugs functions into spreadsheets to ...

The Harvard Math Department will pilot a new introductory course aimed at rectifying a lack of foundational algebra skills among students, according to Harvard’s Director of Introductory Math Brendan ...

We've all heard of the viral concepts "girl math" and "boy math," but a woman has now introduced "mother-in-law math." In a TikTok video, Janelle Marie, a mom-of-two and communication coach from ...

The problem with social media in-jokes is they don’t stay funny for long. Someone takes them too seriously, then they become overblown commentaries on society as a whole, and then a media outlet goes ...

If that statement has confused you then there’s a good chance you missed the ‘girl math’ trend sweeping the internet. The term was coined by New Zealand radio show hosts Fletch, Vaughan and Hayley, ...