Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Math often feels disconnected from the real lives of students. They learn the steps, solve equations and check their work, but ...

For all of the recent strides we’ve made in the math world—like a supercomputer finally solving the Sum of Three Cubes problem that puzzled mathematicians for 65 years—we’re forever crunching ...

The New York State Education Department is pushing new math guidelines that include recommending teachers stop quizzing students on their speed in solving problems -- because it stresses them out. The ...

When the NCAA swimming and diving championships begin next week in Atlanta, the University of Virginia hopes to win races with the help of a mathematician. Ken Ono heads the math department at UVA, ...