Writing a check correctly can be intimidating, especially if you’re out of practice — or never learned. The less you use your checkbook, the more confusing it can be — especially when it comes to ...

Imagine a horizontal line. The very left is marked one thousand and the very right is marked one billion. On this line, where would you add a marker to represent one million? If you said somewhere in ...

In the early 1970s mathematician Donald Knuth spent a sabbatical with his wife in Norway. The time was meant to be spent relaxing. Yet one night he woke up his partner in a state of agitation. He ...

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Study found small numbers shift attention upward on vertical lines, contradicting predictions and revealing new insights into brain function.

Dahlen is Professor at Stockholm School of Economics and Thorbjørnsen is Professor at Norwegian School of Economics. Together, they’ve written the book More Numbers Every Day How many numbers have ...