Want to help your eighth-grader master math? Here are some of the skills your child will be learning in the classroom. Understand rational and irrational numbers. Know that a rational number can be ...

It’s not uncommon for toddlers to pester parents at the store, but at age 3, Lewis Ellis used a different strategy. He asked his mother if they were in Idaho or Washington, then calculated the price ...

Simple mathematical concepts such as counting appear to be firmly anchored in the natural process of thinking. Studies have shown that even very young children and animals possess such skills to a ...