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Maths competitions are booming in Central Asia, with thousands of young people participating in olympiads in countries such as Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan. The region has a proud history ...

Nobel laureate Eugene Wigner once wrote that mathematics has the uncanny ability to describe the universe around us. That’s the spirit behind the new book “The Big Bang of Numbers: How to Build the ...

We often ask leaders what skills they see as critical for the future. That question is especially relevant for Bijal Shah, CEO of Guild, which helps companies provide education benefits to their ...

A new Stanford study suggests math struggles may be about more than numbers. Children who had difficulty with math were less ...

Po-Shen Loh is a man on a mission. A professor of mathematics at Carnegie Mellon university, in Pennsylvania, he believes that reimagining the way we teach can help future-proof youngsters in a world ...

WE HAVE a problem with maths. Our approach to the subject has led to a situation where 30 per cent of US adults are defined as having “low numeracy”: they can’t make calculations with whole numbers ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

The CBSE Class 10 Mathematics 2026 examination has sparked concern among students who opted for Basic Maths, with many ...

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