The confusion (likely intentional) boiled down to a discrepancy between the math rules used in grade school and in high school. By Steven Strogatz Recently I wrote about a math equation that had ...

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 ...

Monkeys can perform mental addition in a manner remarkably similar to college students, a new study shows. The researchers stressed that monkeys will not pass college math tests anytime soon.

You use addition to find the total amount, when you have two or more numbers. You use the addition symbol (+) to add numbers together and then the equals symbol (=) to give you the answer. Let's add ...

Explains the concept of zero in mathematics, emphasizing its role as a number that represents the empty set. It illustrates how zero is used in addition and subtraction, showing that adding or ...