As the semanticist S.I. Hayakawa stressed in his classic book Language in Thought and Action, words are not the things they represent. Words are symbols. It’s the manipulation of those symbols that ...

Mastering mathematical symbols is essential for success in various fields, from science to technology. The article breaks down fundamental symbols like arithmetic operations, comparisons, variables, ...

You all know the score. A train leaves one city travelling at 35 miles per hour and another races toward it at 25 miles an hour from a city 60 miles away. How long do they take to meet in the middle?

We can’t tell our South African Grade 12 maths story without mentioning maths literacy. Does it make sense for learners who could obtain a quality pass in mathematics not to take it, and rather go for ...

We already knew bees were smart enough to recognise zero and do basic maths but the latest research has found they have another string to their bow – they can link symbols to numbers too. For the ...