For decades, calculators have been our trusted companions for arithmetic, speeding up calculations but never truly understanding the underlying principles.

Meta AI mathematics open problems got a new answer on October 2, 2026: six papers co-authored by mathematicians and Muse Spark in Thinking Mode via ordinary meta.ai chat -- five tackling previously ...

Translating real situations into mathematical terms If you ever solved an arithmetic problem about the speed of trains or cost of groceries, that's an example of mathematical modeling. But for more ...

Solving arithmetic problems, even simple subtractions, involves mental representations whose influence remains to be clarified. Visualizing these representations would enable us to better understand ...

They get almost perfect scores on calculation drills. Yet, they suddenly cannot get points when it comes to word problems on tests. I think many parents worry, 'My child might be bad at arithmetic.'As ...

In elementary school arithmetic, I was marked wrong for reversing the order of multiplication. Every time this topic comes up ...

A new report from the Brown Center on Education Policy at the Brookings Institution finds that math items on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) math assessment lack challenging ...