15 Basic Math Problems Most Grown-ups Can’t Solve

Life gets busy, and sometimes those basic math skills from school days get a little rusty. Whether you're budgeting, ...

The shocking rise of Gen Z college freshmen who can’t even do basic math — as grade inflation means graduation rates are rising

The University of California San Diego has reported a staggering 30-fold increase in the number of students unable to do ...

Girls and boys solve math problems differently – with similar short-term results but different long-term outcomes

However, girls tend to be more diligent in elementary school and get better grades in math class throughout their schooling. And girls and boys across the grades tend to score similarly on state math ...
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Are you smarter than a 5-year-old? Preschoolers can do algebra, Johns Hopkins study shows

Millions of high school and college algebra students are united in a shared agony over solving for x and y. For those to whom the answers don't come easily, it gets worse: Most preschoolers and ...
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One state tried algebra for all eighth graders. It hasn't gone well

BRAHAM, Minn. — It was fourth-period Basic Algebra 8 class on a gray October morning at Braham Area High School. Teacher Rick Riccio had assigned an exercise on converting large integers to scientific ...
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College students struggle with basic math, post-pandemic

Diego Fonseca is a computer science major who hoped to get into calculus in college but, like many college students today, he is still struggling with basic math. He has major hurdles with algebra, a ...