Adults are often intimidated by math, and they can easily pass that attitude on to their children. To counter this, some schools are holding events to bust misconceptions and get adults on board with ...

(StatePoint) Math may not sound like fun to everyone, but there is fun to be had when learning mathematics. If you can convince kids of that basic principle, getting them to focus in school and do ...

More than 15 years after its publication of influential national standards in mathematics, a leading professional organization has unveiled new, more focused guidelines that describe the crucial ...

BATON ROUGE, La. — About two dozen second graders sat on the carpet at the front of Jacquelyn Anthony’s classroom, reviewing how to make tens. “Two needs eight!” the students yelled out together. “Six ...

Faye Hedrick's third-graders at The Bolles School are scattered around the room in groups of four. Each group has 36 cubes. The task is to divide the cubes equally among all four members of the group.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BALTIMORE -- Imagine you’re a character in a math problem. You have three platters, but two cakes. All three platters need to have ...

Imagine you’re a character in a math problem. You have three platters, but two cakes. All three platters need to have the same amount of cake. How would you split it? Without even saying the word ...