How to Isolate a Number in Math

How to Identify a Prime Number without a Computer

For years, a French mathematician searched for a proof that a gigantic number is prime. His method is still used 150 years ...

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5 Strategies to Help Build Math Fluency in K–2

Helping students to develop math fluency takes more than just flash cards. It requires teaching them how to think about ...

Researchers isolate memorization from problem-solving in AI neural networks

The researchers discovered that this separation proves remarkably clean. In a preprint paper released in late October, they ...

Edutopia

A 5-Stage Strategy Students Can Use to Tackle Word Problems

Stage 5: Justify thinking. A vital habit that many students need to solidify is recontextualizing after they solve ...

Inside Higher Ed

UC San Diego Sees Students’ Math Skills Plummet

Other UCs are tracking similar trends, but UC San Diego’s problem is “significantly worse,” the report states.

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How Number Systems Shape Our Thinking

Most of us have little trouble working out how many millilitres are in 2.4 litres of water (it’s 2,400). But the same can’t ...

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How number systems shape our thinking, and what this means for learning, language and culture

Most of us have little trouble working out how many milliliters are in 2.4 liters of water (it's 2,400). But the same can't be said when we're asked how many minutes are in 2.4 hours (it's 144).

eLife

Apparent cooperativity between human CMV virions introduces errors in conventional methods of calculating multiplicity of infection

Whether infection of cells by individual virions occurs randomly or if there is some form (s) of competition or cooperativity between individual virions remains largely unknown for most virus-cell ...