Duah: Using puzzles, both at home and in classrooms, can restore the often-forgotten truth that learning happens in ...

Puzzle 1: You are given nine gold coins that look identical. You are told that one of them is fake, and that this coin weighs ...

Mathematics is a "science which requires a great amount of imagination", said the 19th-century Russian maths professor Sofya ...

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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 ...

A version of this puzzle originally appeared in the October 1960 issue of Scientific American. What’s the Most Distant Galaxy ...

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 ...

The optional hint tells you how many segments can be broken. Your task is to then find which ones. Did Time Tick Slower for a Woman Who Spent 500 Days Alone in a Cave?

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 ...

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