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How good are South African kids at maths? Trends from ...

School mathematics in South Africa is often seen as a sign of the health of the education system mor ...
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Taking a leap of faith into imaginary numbers opens new ...

Imaginary numbers push the boundaries of calculus and other branches of math. Hill Street Studios/Di ...
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What’s the shape of the universe? Mathematicians use topology to ...

You can describe the shape you live on in multiple dimensions. vkulieva/iStock via Getty Images Plus ...
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Boys not only perform better in maths, they are also ...

Michael Jung/ Shutterstock There is a persistent gender gap in Australian schools. Boys, on average, ...
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The butterfly effect: this obscure mathematical concept has become an ...

Edward Lorenz’s mathematical weather model showed solutions with a butterfly-like shape. Wikimol In ...
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English children lag behind in geometry – parents can help ...

Shutterstock Geometry is an important branch of mathematics, which we use to understand the properti ...
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‘I was scared’: many student teachers had bad maths experiences ...

Toey Adante/ Shutterstock What do you remember about maths at school? Did you whizz through the prob ...
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Why are boys outperforming girls in maths?

Vitalii Stock/Shutterstock A major international test has revealed a concerning gender gap in maths ...
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Mandelbrot’s fractals are not only gorgeous – they taught mathematicians ...

At the beginning of my third year at university studying mathematics, I spotted an announcement. A v ...
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A 41-million-digit prime number is the biggest ever found – ...

Imagine a number made up of a vast string of ones: 1111111…111. Specifically, 136,279,841 ones in a ...
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Three letters, one number, a knife and a stone bridge: ...

On October 16 1843, the Irish mathematician William Rowan Hamilton had an epiphany during a walk alo ...
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Want to solve a complex problem? Applied math can help

Applied mathematicians use math to model real-world situations. Ariel Skelley/DigitalVision via Gett ...
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The Fascinating World of Sudoku: A Beginner’s Guide with Examples

Sudoku, the classic number puzzle, has captured the minds of puzzle enthusiasts around the globe. Or ...
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Historical Influences of Mathematics (Part 3/3)

Three factors—the needs of the subject, the child, and the society—have influenced what mathematics ...
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Historical Influences of Mathematics (Part 2 Of 3)

Three factors—the needs of the subject, the child, and the society—have influenced what mathematics ...
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Historical Influences of Mathematics (Part 1/3)

Three factors—the needs of the subject, the child, and the society—have influenced what mathematics ...
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