A troubling math problem that led to a "heated conversation" among one fifth-grader's family has sparked similar debate on social media. Math differs from other subjects in that the answers students ...

The deceptively simple equation that would typically be given to a fifth grader has gone viral after it was shared by user @BholanathDutta on X (formerly Twitter). He posted a photo of the equation ...

I have a friend who’s a world-renowned mathematician. He doesn’t think like me. Or you. Or, indeed, anyone else I know. This is a good thing — certainly for him. Especially as mathematicians of one ...

A father was left gobsmacked by a 5th grade maths problem given to his son as he turned to the Internet for help solving the deceptively complicated question. Writing on Reddit, the parent - from the ...

One sibling has been left scratching their head at their younger brother’s Year 5 math exam. The question, shared on Reddit, asks students to figure out how many pages are in a book. “Klein read 30 ...