Maths problems are usually written in words and often have more than one step. You might not be able to work them out in your head. You need to work in steps to find the answer: Step 1 - Read through ...

The British are uniquely happy to admit being bad at maths, says a report. Why is that and how can attitudes change? Imagine a famous television presenter joking that they couldn't read. It's an ...

Many students that choose to pursue business, social science or psychology courses think they’ve left their maths anxieties behind them. Having not studied maths since GCSE in some cases, the ...

Meta's work made headlines and raised a possibility once considered pure fantasy: that AI could soon outperform the world's best mathematicians by cracking math's marquee "unsolvable" problems en ...

Math teachers have to accommodate high school students' different approaches to problem-solving. RJ Sangosti/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images Among high school students and adults, ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Back in the year 2000, the Clay Mathematics Institute announced the “Millennium Prize problems”, which is basically a group of the most important maths problems that still remain unsolved. The ...

The internet is torn over an elementary-level math equation which left many scratching their heads. The viral math problem has X users stumped - but the answer comes from lessons learned in fifth or ...

A complex question about a crocodile stalking its prey has baffled Scottish schoolchildren. The complex question formed part of a new look Higher maths exam sat by 16 year olds for the first time this ...

A difficult internet problem has the internet confused. The problem, which seems simple, is stumping maths fans, who are coming up with two answers. A maths expert from the YouTube channel ...

A MATHS problem given to a primary school child has left parents completely stumped. Sky News presenter Anna Botting posted a rather tricky maths question given to her 10-year-old, explaining to ...