Everyone agreed on the first step: Solve inside the parentheses, for 2+2=4. But after that, people split down two paths. Some multiplied first, while others divided, leading to different answers—1 and ...

A new number theory paper comes from three academic researchers and, astonishingly, one prison inmate. Number theory is full of complex problems with applications in cryptography and more. The paper ...

Is a dump truck a vehicle? What about a skateboard? An elevator? A hamster wheel? These are some of the questions math educator Christopher Danielson has asked — or been asked — while playing a ...

One of the skills that separates a good engineer from a great one is an ability to communicate ideas clearly, and writing well is a key component of that ability. Unfortunately, for many engineers, ...

O.J. Simpson said the “math doesn’t add up” when comparing his jail sentence to that of former Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver Henry Ruggs III. The former Alabama wideout was sentenced to 3 to 10 ...

The man who stabbed three people at the University of Waterloo returned to court Monday to hear a judge apologize for incorrectly shortening his sentence by almost an extra year. In passing sentence ...