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How to Slice a Cake Fairly

Sharing can be hard. Every kid knows that, and mathematicians do, too. So mathematicians have spent a lot of time thinking about how to make sharing easier. Mathematicians are particularly fond of...

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Math Naturals

It’s probably an exaggeration to say that kids are natural math geniuses. But kindergartners can solve math problems with large numbers long before they officially learn how to add and subtract. By...

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Play for Science

Daniel Kunkle spent most of his time in graduate school playing with a colorful puzzle called a Rubik’s Cube. And for 20 years, Jonathan Schaeffer worked on winning at checkers. The two researchers...

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Math and our number sense

Not all math skills are learned in the classroom. Some of them come naturally. Consider the split-second calculations you make when you estimate the number of empty seats on the school bus or gauge the...

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Calculating crime

New math tools could help cops find robbers

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Shuffling shenanigans

A magician-turned-mathematician figures out how many times to shuffle a deck of cards before playing Old Maid

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Teaching Math, teaching anxiety

Teachers' math worries could affect students' performance

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Math for hungry birds

Seabird traces patterns while searching for food

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Cool Jobs: Math as entertainment

Magic, movies and metal: How mathematics adds dazzle to the visual world

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Hitting streaks spread success

A baseball player’s hitting streak may boost teammates’ batting averages

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