A graphic artist is testing everyone’s knowledge of algebra and spot-the-difference skills with a pictograph math problem that assigns numbers to different fruits. Gergely Dudás, of Hungary Budapest, ...

YOU may remember learning about PEMDAS in elementary or grade school as a way to remember how to solve an equation. The acronym often sparks a specific memory of learning how to solve equations, so ...

Ever wondered why your Excel formulas sometimes produce unexpected results? It might be due to the order in which Excel ...

Mathematics is a fundamental part of anyone's elementary and high school education. Students are taught from an early age how to add, subtract, multiply and divide numbers to solve equations. But for ...

PEMDAS has plagued many in elementary school math classes, but how many Americans remember how to use the acronym to solve problems? A simple sixth-grade math equation went viral on X for stumping ...

The internet is torn over an elementary-level math equation, with people suggesting conflicting answers based on their approaches. X users have weighed in on the basic problem - but only a handful ...

The confusion (likely intentional) boiled down to a discrepancy between the math rules used in grade school and in high school. By Steven Strogatz Recently I wrote about a math equation that had ...