Okay, so I know that as soon as someone tells me what method to use, I'm gonna instantly remember it, but right now, I can think of only 1 way to solve simultaneous equations, and that doesn't work so ...

A system of nonlinear equations is harder to solve than you think—and more of a puzzle than a math problem. Puzzles like this require you to look and find the one loose end you can pull to unravel the ...

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, ...

Alan Veliz-Cuba has received funding from the Simons Foundation and the American Mathematical Society for some of his research. You can probably think of a time when you’ve used math to solve an ...