There are eight doors in front of you labeled A through H. Behind one of the doors is a prize. A guard is aware of the ...

Here at PopMech, we love mind-bending math and logic puzzles, which is why we regularly recruit the sharpest minds in the ...

It was a nice try, but incorrect. A few others came up with 42.5 dogs as the answer, with one woman explaining her method as follows: "49-36=13. 13/2=6.5. 36+6.5=42.5. That's how I did it in my ...

The country superstar is set to play a concert in London on May 28. By Thomas Smith Morgan Wallen has scored his first No. 1 on the U.K.’s Official Albums Chart with his new 37-track LP, I’m ...

Mathematicians Crack 125-Year-Old Problem, Unite Three Physics Theories A breakthrough in Hilbert’s sixth problem is a major step in grounding physics in math By Jack Murtagh edited by Jeanna Bryner ...

The key to rStar-Math is that it leverages Monte Carlo Tree Search (MCTS), a method that mimics human “deep thinking” by iteratively refining step-by-step solutions to mathematical problems.

Finnish adults score the highest in literacy, math, and problem-solving skills, while Portugal, Poland, Italy and Lithuania fall below the OECD average in all three competences. #EuropeInMotion ...

You can probably think of a time when you’ve used math to solve an everyday problem, such as calculating a tip at a restaurant or determining the square footage of a room.

A.I.’s math problem reflects how much the new technology is a break with computing’s past. By Steve Lohr In the school year that ended recently, one class of learners stood out as a seeming ...

“Word-problem solving in lower grades is one of the better indicators of overall school success in K-12,” said Lynn Fuchs, a research professor at Vanderbilt University.

To help struggling students, my colleague Sarah Carr wrote about how some teachers are mixing up the types of math word problems they use and zeroing in on the underlying structure of the problem. The ...