A brain teaser shared on X (formerly Twitter) challenged users with a simple-looking maths puzzle that became confusing due to its logic.

There are eight doors in front of you labeled A through H. Behind one of the doors is a prize. A guard is aware of the ...

No proof Musk solved 'unsolvable' math problem at Harvard Musk "stunned" a classroom after a Harvard professor called him "rich but dumb," according to claims.

News & Politics Is There a Better Solution to Our Public Schools’ Math Problem? Prior to the pandemic, Texas student performance had stalled. Now it’s worse.

Phi-4 and an rStar-Math paper suggest that compact, specialized models can provide powerful alternatives to the industry’s largest systems.

The researchers started with the GSM8K's standardized set of 8,000 grade-school level mathematics word problems, a common benchmark for testing LLMs.

Kevin Dykema, a math expert, shares strategies for teachers to help students tackle word problems.

You can probably think of a time when you’ve used math to solve an everyday problem, such as calculating a tip at a restaurant or determining the square footage of a room.

However, they’re nowhere near as good at solving math problems, which tend to involve logical reasoning—something that’s beyond the capabilities of most current AI systems.

A.I.’s math problem reflects how much the new technology is a break with computing’s past.

Science Why schools are teaching math word problems all wrong Teachers are trying new strategies that move away from focusing on ‘key words.’ By Sarah Carr / The Hechinger Report ...

Math word problems require literacy, math, and executive function skills from young children, so mastering them is key to later school success. Credit: Philip Keith for The Hechinger Report The ...