The internet is torn over an elementary-level math equation which left many scratching their heads. The viral math problem has X users stumped - but the answer comes from lessons learned in fifth or ...

Scientists at Cambridge University and Jerusalem's Hebrew University selected the problem to pose to ChatGPT because of its non-obvious solution. Since Plato's writing 2,400 years ago, scholars have ...

In the third century BCE, Apollonius of Perga asked how many circles one could draw that would touch three given circles at exactly one point each. It would take 1,800 years to prove the answer: eight ...

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The calculator on your Apple devices can do more than add, subtract, multiply and divide. Here's how it can help you with all kinds of math problems. Charlie Kirk shooting suspect Tyler Robinson ...

"Holly hasn’t assigned any blame, but noted fraud hadn't been found and that the city’s elected officials have “zero administrative oversight” of finances under the city charter.” ...

Baltimore — Imagine you’re a character in a math problem. You have three platters, but two cakes. All three platters need to have the same amount of cake. How would you split it? Without even saying ...

Journal Editorial Report: Public schools compete for students as more parents opt out. A study of French schoolchildren published this summer in the journal Nature found girls fall behind boys in math ...

This is an updated version of a story first published on May 5, 2024. For many high school students returning to class, it ...

The proof, known to be so hard that a mathematician once offered 10 martinis to whoever could figure it out, connects quantum mechanics to infinitely intricate mathematical structures. Hofstadter was ...

Tech companies like Amazon are rumored to pose challenging math problems during interviews. A viral YouTube video explores a tricky math problem allegedly used in an Amazon interview. The problem ...