Sam Wang has used a combination of computer simulations and simple math tests to help reveal the partisan intent behind the post-2010 redistricting. All this work gave the neuroscientist a new ...

Who says math can't be fun?! Try these math puzzles for a delightful challenge. Math is not everyone’s favorite, understandably. Hours of math homework and difficult equations can make anyone sour on ...

Every few months, the Internet eats itself over some kind of viral riddle or illusion, each more infuriating than the last. And so, like clockwork, this maddening math problem has gone viral, ...

Every mathematician has a story that goes something like this. You’re at a party, and someone asks what you do for a living. “I’m a mathematician,” you say. “You must be a genius!” they reply. Or ...

Mathematicians have long pondered the reach of a grazing goat tied to a fence, only finding approximate answers until now. Here’s a simple-sounding problem: Imagine a circular fence that encloses one ...

Brain teaser puzzles test the reader's critical thinking and problem-solving skills by challenging them to solve a problem.

A simple math test can predict who will default on a subprime mortgage, which isn’t good news for the numbers-phobic. The test was part of research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy ...

Congress was recently given a simple math test: some addition (tax increases) and some subtraction (spending cuts). The Senate finished half the test and turned it in without handling the subtraction ...

Today’s Seattle Times has a disturbing story about how only one in 10 applicants at a Tacoma manufacturing company pass the simple math test. Eric Hanh, a vice president at General Plastics, said the ...

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Time to test your brain! Are you a puzzle person? Most of these hard math problems aren’t straightforward arithmetic. They challenge you to look at problems a different way, testing your logic and ...