Jack Murtagh is a freelance math writer and puzzle creator. He writes a column on mathematical curiosities for Scientific ...

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 ...

Jeff Smith's Math Puzzle for June 19, 2026 – You might reap what you sow, but you must sew what you rip. The post Math Puzzle ...

Jeff Smith's Math Puzzle for May 29, 2026 – Chonkers, the Steller sea lion, departs Pier 39 K-dock for Stinson. The post Math ...

In a single round-robin tournament, every player faces every other player exactly once. Call a player a “boss” if every other ...

Teaching math to English learners in middle and high school requires a nuanced approach. Those students are often at very different places in their language development and in their academic grounding ...