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RICHMOND, Va. — How often do you think about math in your daily life? Do you find yourself going around in circles? Do things add up? A new touring exhibition at the Science Museum of Virginia aims to ...

Students in Kristen Gonsoir’s classroom at Groton Area High School in Groton, S.D., spend a lot of time solving equations together. Early this school year, they passed almost an entire period working ...

It’s a complaint many algebra teachers are familiar with, as more letters and symbols are introduced with progressively harder courses in mathematics. But why did the plus symbol emerge as the ...