Take the pressure off of problem-solving with engaging thinking games that encourage students to work together to find ...

Solve the math puzzle from our February 2026 issue, where we plan a return passage for a robotic explorer that doesn’t want ...

Jeff Smith's Math Puzzle for January 23, 2026 - Ruminants and ungulates graze on the bucolic Pampas. The post Math Puzzle for ...

Math is not everyone’s favorite, understandably. Hours of math homework and difficult equations can make anyone sour on the subject. But when math problems are outside of a school setting, there’s no ...

If the cards shown here are rearranged to form four new poker hands of five cards each, what is the lowest possible winning ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This article was originally published in The Conversation. Holidays bring celebration, rest and, for many families, long stretches ...

The inside of a bus may not seem like the ideal place to rekindle your interest in math, but a group of mathematicians is betting it will. Last month, the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute of ...

OK, you’re pretty good at identifying the person in our weekly mystery photo contest. But how sharp are you at math puzzles? You can find out to the left. We present three puzzles that were provided ...

Holidays bring celebration, rest and, for many families, long stretches of indoor time. For some, this means table top games quickly reappear on kitchen tables. Games provide opportunities for ...