Mark Schneider, the former chief of the U.S. Department of Education’s statistical office, lays bare the discrepancy between American high schoolers’ enrollment in tougher math classes, their alleged ...

It’s hard to imagine a world without numbers. The square footage of your house, the rent or mortgage payment, the weight you see on your bathroom scale are all examples of lower mathematics, while the ...

Fascinating visual phenomena known as optical illusions cause our brains to interpret reality differently. They can cause us to misinterpret what we see or trick our visual system into perceiving ...

One kind of brainteaser that assesses a reader's ability to think critically and solve problems is a math challenge. It's possible that these obstacles will increase concentration and intelligence.