Sudoku and other puzzles can incorporate play and critical thinking skills, while easing students into solving standard math problems.

Math puzzles are a good way to test your critical thinking skills. Math puzzles can boost analytical thinking and problem-solving skills. In today’s math puzzle challenge, you need to find the missing ...

Brain teaser puzzles test the reader's critical thinking and problem-solving skills by challenging them to solve a problem. These challenges have the potential to boost intelligence and improve ...

Jefferson Middle School sixth-graders on Team Endeavor received a visit from JCC math professors Rick Rupprecht and Patrick Anderson. The professors helped Jefferson students develop their math skills ...

Recent studies show that the less likely someone is to use procedural solutions, the better they tend to be at more abstract problem-solving—and gender is a significant predictor. In a new study, ...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) – When it comes to learning mathematics, Southern Connecticut State University has a new approach. What do you get when you combine the games of a scavenger hunt and escape ...

In 2023, I posed 23 challenges as part of the Gizmodo Monday Puzzle series. Some require a bit of math, and others a light familiarity with physics; but most can be solved through logic and creative ...

Every few months, a math problem goes viral on social media. Disappointingly often, it lacks mathematical meat. It seems over half of them boil down to the order of operations. Some tweet will get ...

Whether you took the SAT, GRE, or another standardized test decades ago, or just this year, perhaps you still remember a few pesky questions that tripped you up and sabotaged your final score. Take ...