Math is not everyone’s favorite, understandably. Hours of math homework and difficult equations can make anyone sour on the subject. But when math problems are outside of a school setting, there’s no ...

Math puzzles test readers' critical thinking skills by challenging them to solve problems. Math puzzles can boost analytical ...

I’ve been out of school for decades, and I don’t spend my days solving equations (I’m more of a word person). Still, I like to think I have a solid grip on basic math: I can usually gauge whether a ...

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 ...

Think solving a math problem isn’t exciting? Try telling that to John Mackey, part of a team of Carnegie Mellon University computer scientists and mathematicians that spent four months solving the ...

A brain teaser challenge is a type of IQ test that mostly involves solving a puzzle, cracking a code, finding a hidden object or mistake, or detecting the fault in the image. Brain teaser puzzles test ...

Jigsaw Puzzles are tiling puzzles that require the assembly of some irregularly shaped, interlocking pieces of card in a regular and perfect shape that forms a complete picture. Jigsaw Puzzles are a ...

A seemingly impossible math puzzle, discovered stuck to a tree by a passing hiker, has left the internet well and truly stumped. Despite living in an increasingly digital world, math remains something ...

In the early 1930s, the renowned Hungarian mathematician Paul Erdős set forth a puzzle. Erdős offered $500 to anyone who could crack it. Called the Erdős discrepancy problem, a puzzle that surmised ...