A graphic artist is testing everyone’s knowledge of the mathematical order of operations with a string of numbers and missing arithmetic symbols. Gergely Dudás, of Budapest, Hungary, shared the new ...

I’ve been out of school a long time (I mean a long time), yet I think I’m still pretty good at basic math. I’m always able to figure out whether a “bargain buy” at the supermarket is actually a ...

A graphic artist is testing everyone’s knowledge of algebra and spot-the-difference skills with a pictograph math problem that assigns numbers to different fruits. Gergely Dudás, of Hungary Budapest, ...

ITV viewers were left scrambling for answers after a question left them baffled whilst watching the 1% Club. Presenter Lee Mack revealed a tough brain teaser, which involved numbers, to the dazed ...

In grade school, you were probably constantly drilled on mathematics. Whether it be multiplication tables, simple addition, or complicated division, it was taught over and over again that quick math ...

PEMDAS has plagued many in elementary school math classes, but how many Americans remember how to use the acronym to solve problems? A simple sixth-grade math equation went viral on X for stumping ...

ChatGPT, Photomath, Symbolab, and other artificial intelligence-powered platforms can solve a complicated math equation in just seconds—and provide a step-by-step explanation of the answer. That power ...

It began early this week when a Twitter user named Em tweeted the equation 8 ÷ 2(2 + 2) = ?. Many calculated the problem and came up with an answer of 16. But others did the math just as confidently ...

Local police went above and beyond, though there was a slight glitch. — -- Police across the country are used to solving puzzles, but one Ohio police department recently got a plea for help from ...

One of my first vivid memories of math is of timed tests. I still remember how visceral my panic felt–sweaty palms, heart pounding–as I scrambled to recall facts before the clock ran out. You might ...

The confusion (likely intentional) boiled down to a discrepancy between the math rules used in grade school and in high school. By Steven Strogatz Recently I wrote about a math equation that had ...