Sudoku and other puzzles can incorporate play and critical thinking skills, while easing students into solving standard math problems.

Daily puzzlers would be quick to tell you that sudoku, Wordle’s mathematical cousin, is not as easy as it looks. The small grid, found often next to a word scramble or comic strip in a print newspaper ...

In 1974, a geneticist named Marsha Jean Falco devised an ingenious research tool to help determine whether epilepsy in dogs was an inherited trait. She drew a series of symbols on index cards, where ...

Celebrate Pi Day and read all about how this number pops up across math and science on our special Pi Day page. It's Pi Day at the pizzeria, and orders are flying. In the chaos, you randomly toss a ...

There are eight doors in front of you labeled A through H. Behind one of the doors is a prize. A guard is aware of the prize’s location but will only answer yes or no questions. What is the minimum ...

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Have fun exploring a numerical puzzle, a geometric puzzle and a game of random patterns, all inspired by the playful genius of the legendary mathematician. This month, we celebrate the playful genius ...

Matheminecraft puts players in a classic math puzzle called an Eulerian cycle, which you’ve almost definitely tried before. Can you draw a star without crossing your own line or lifting your pen? This ...