“I was curious to establish a baseline for when LLMs are effectively able to solve open math problems compared to where they ...

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You’d be surprised how many young people can’t read this. One of its conclusions tells the sad tale. “Between 2020 and 2025, the number of students whose math skills fall below high school level has ...

One Polk Central Elementary student summed up Polk County Schools’ first math festival with a revelation: they didn’t know math could be fun. The math festival, held November 25 at Polk Central ...

This puzzle looks like it needs calculus… but you’re not allowed to use it. I explore alternative methods to get the answer only using basic math tools. 8 million inflation refund checks sent out ...

The New York State Education Department is pushing new math guidelines, including a recommendation that teachers stop giving timed quizzes — because it stresses students out. The new guidelines also ...

A dad in Texas turned to social media for help after becoming increasingly confused by a third-grade math problem set for his child as homework. Marty posted a screenshot of the problem to Reddit ...

Spring rolls sold under Aldi’s store brand have been recalled because the food in the box might not match the food on the box — and that can be a “serious or life-threatening” problem. Tai Foong USA’s ...

In the third century BCE, Apollonius of Perga asked how many circles one could draw that would touch three given circles at exactly one point each. It would take 1,800 years to prove the answer: eight ...

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On Wednesday reports emerged that the NCAA has eliminated the spring transfer portal period and is moving to a single window in the winter. Precise dates will be formalized in October but the proposed ...