We like to think that we're pretty good at math, especially after years of schooling. But every once in a while, a simple third-grade math problem manages to trip us up and make us question our ...

For third graders, word problems are a fun challenge that encourages problem-solving. For adults, they often bring back memories of tricky math tests and unanswered questions.

A Washington, D.C., charter school teacher has been fired after it was discovered the teacher had assigned third-grade students a number of math problems framed around violent and illegal ...

Math anxiety holds students back from reaching their potential. Experts share insights on the problem and strategies to combat it.

When this impossible math problem for Vietnamese third graders made its way onto the internet today, it joined the ranks.

"It doesn't look great for the birds." Despite targeted at 8 to 9-year-olds, the math problem had adults across the internet totally stumped.

These aren't scenes from a surrealist art house film, but the plot lines of math problems, which a Washington, D.C., schoolteacher gave her third graders for homework, a local TV station reports ...

How to build a bridge and figure out the number of tiles needed to cover a bathroom floor are just two of life’s more difficult problems. Yesterday, 289 Baltimore-area fourth-graders offered … ...

Young math buffs from Moorsbridge Elementary School got to test their problem-solving skills during the 2018 WMU Math Challenge, held in April at the school. Students in grades 2-5 gathered to test ...