"Regular" high school seniors in Australia faced an astonishing statistics problem in their exams. Math is having a high profile year, from common core to Australia's high school exit exams. The math ...

These student-constructed problems foster collaboration, communication, and a sense of ownership over learning.

Here’s a simple-sounding problem: Imagine a circular fence that encloses one acre of grass. If you tie a goat to the inside of the fence, how long a rope do you need to allow the animal access to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. We like to think that we're pretty good at math, especially after years of schooling. But every once in a while, a simple ...

When Redditor u/Awecalibur reviewed his niece’s math homework, he wasn’t expecting to spark a family debate, let alone an internet one. But the fifth-grade math problem in question was anything but ...

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