The statewide event brought together 240 of New York’s top-performing math students in grades 1–8, with teams of three per grade level representing their schools and regions. First in Math promotes ...

Analysis of almost three million children captures when ‘mathematical gender gap’ first emerges and could help focus efforts ...

Researchers reveal when boys pull ahead of girls in mathematics, sounding an alarm and providing both an opportunity for ...

Instead of learning long division, fractions and multiplication in a broad, unrelatable way, Lincoln students will soon be ...

You know what’s fun? Sharpening pencils, organizing a million glue sticks, and trying to explain to a five-year-old why they ...

The 65-year-old lived there with his mum Shirley, who created the world's first 'plush' Paddington Bear, initially without permission from the character's creator, Michael Bond. The home is ...

Concerns about the summer slide or summer learning loss go back decades.Teachers say they notice a difference when the school ...

Today, people use complex computing networks to search for prime numbers with millions of digits. But early mathematicians ...

One dad in Virginia admitted he was having a "hard time" with his son's first grade math problem. In another instance, a second grader's pizza-based question on fractions proved similarly perplexing.

“Well that would be $12 billion, not a trillion dollars,” said Reed, calmly holding McMahon and Kennedy’s hands through what amounted to a third-grade math lesson. “OK,” McMahon said stiffl ...

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Once kids become first graders, many have started to see relationships between numbers and are using early math skills in their lives. Addition and subtraction are often the main focus in school, so ...