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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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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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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...
View ArticleMath 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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A magician-turned-mathematician figures out how many times to shuffle a deck of cards before playing Old Maid
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Teachers' math worries could affect students' performance
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A baseball player’s hitting streak may boost teammates’ batting averages
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