Seventh grader Laila Washington: “You get to learn a lot” at Math Counts. Credit: Maya McFadden pHoto Sohan Bendre (right) refreshes students on what a variable is. If you write out the numbers from 1 ...

"Everyone uses numbers every day," Ben Zelle said. He competes for Waverly-Shell Rock High School in the Math Counts competitive program and knows he'll use math skills later. "I'm undecided what I ...

To mark the importance of math, Sylvan Learning is offering tips to help all students excel in mathematics education and become independent learners. "The deluge of data that children encounter in ...

ST. CROIX — If a group of middle-schoolers solved 30 problems in 40 minutes, eight problems in 24 minutes and 10 problems in 20 minutes, what is the average number of problems solved per hour? Word ...