New research finds girls and women more often use step-by-step algorithms, while boys and men use shortcuts. Accuracy is ...

Maths problems are usually written in words and often have more than one step. You might not be able to work them out in your head. You need to work in steps to find the answer: Step 1 - Read through ...

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Alan Veliz-Cuba has received funding from the Simons Foundation and the American Mathematical Society for some of his research. You can probably think of a time when you’ve used math to solve an ...

The ability to solve maths picture puzzles, especially when timed, is a good measure of your logical and pattern recognition skills. Solving maths puzzles requires you to be mentally sharp and agile ...