I closed my recent post, So Long, Long Division, by asking you to either join me in acknowledging that long division is a meaningless math procedure or to share reasons students should learn long ...

From factory workers to Wall Street bankers, a reasonable proficiency in math is a crucial requirement for most well-paying jobs in a modern economy. Yet, over the past 30 years, mathematics ...

NSW school students will get a taste of an old-fashioned teaching technique under the new maths curriculum, but should learning long division be optional? VOTE in our poll. Under the draft maths ...

Taking an examination isn't the most exciting of activities. Over the years, we've all had to lug ourselves to examination halls and simply get it over and done with. But would you choose to do a ...

With the possible exception of fractions, no elementary math topic or skill stresses students out more than long division does. And it’s so unnecessary--not just the stress, but the skill. Think about ...