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 ...

That’s how Meta’s chief AI scientist Yann LeCun described the blowback after OpenAI researchers did a victory lap over GPT-5’s supposed math breakthroughs. Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis added, ...

Vedic Maths is a traditional mathematical system based on the Vedas. It helps you solve complex problems quickly and accurately. These effective tricks include a shortcut approach for addition, ...

Answer: 888 + 88 + 8 + 8 + 8 = 1,000. This is the kind of math riddle you can work out with times tables, or by simple logic. First, get as close to 1,000 as you can (888). From there, it’s easy to ...

NEW DELHI: Only 55 per cent of Class 3 students can arrange numbers up to 99 in ascending or descending order while only 53 per cent of them in Class 6 know tables up to 10, a Ministry of Education ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. It’s highly likely that when you think back to your schooldays, you can barely remember a scrap of the vital ...

Scientists investigated whether email interventions informed by behavioral science could help teachers help students learn math. American students have been falling behind in math for decades -- with ...

Comstock Park — Marshmallows, math and hot cocoa created the perfect equation for a little multiplication on a snowy Friday morning at Pine Island Elementary. Students in Rachel Haveman’s third-grade ...

A new proof about prime numbers illuminates the subtle relationship between addition and multiplication — and raises hopes for progress on the famous abc conjecture. One morning last November, the ...

We’re seeing some new developments in AI models that are shedding light on one of the technology’s most prominent gaps – its relative inability to do math well. Some experts note that AI is ...