A key part—though surely not the only part—of early-grades math is ensuring students get the basic arithmetic functions down and, beyond that, making sure they’re able to swiftly and automatically ...

A set of guidelines adopted by 45 states this year may turn children into "little mathematicians" who don't know how to do actual math. A few weeks ago, I wrote an article for TheAtlantic.com ...

Do you stare at a math word problem and feel completely stuck? You're not alone. These problems mix reading comprehension ...

(playful music) (electronic gadgets clinking) - [Children] Math Mights! - Welcome 3rd grade Math Mights. I'm so excited you joined us today. My name is Ms. Askew and I can't wait to have fun learning ...

Student work posted in an elementary school before the pandemic shows the “partial product” method of solving a multiplication problem, one of many methods students have learned with Common Core.

Everyone agreed on the first step: Solve inside the parentheses, for 2+2=4. But after that, people split down two paths. Some multiplied first, while others divided, leading to different answers—1 and ...

Once Sanaa Hiremath, 11, was home schooled, she found she could do math without writing problems down. She has a Guinness World Record, finishing a 12-digit multiplication problem in under 10 minutes.