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 ...

Barbie caught a lot of flack back in the ’90s for declaring, “Math class is tough!” Today we find ourselves in the disorienting position of defending her. We recently got a note from an anonymous ...

SAN FRANCISCO — When faced with simple math problems, people who get jittery about the subject may rely more heavily on certain brain circuitry than math-savvy people do. The different mental approach ...

Young children can crudely add and subtract numbers before they have learned the rules of arithmetic, a new study finds. Researchers presented five- and six-year-old children with problems such as, ...

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Bilingual people rely on visuo-spatial pathways when solving math problems—something not seen in monolingual people. For anyone who’s breezed through literature class yet struggled with algebra, it ...

More than 100 brilliant young Arnn Elementary Knights and their families stormed the "Math Knight" event Jan. 14 at the Sagamihara Housing Area ...