Experts are convinced the answer to Australia's declining Maths abilities lies in mobile applications that link Maths to real life experiences. Photo: Getty With Australian students' international ...

Teachers at a school in Sydney's west certainly were not alone when it came to their concerns over slipping standards in maths. But they decided something didn't add up. It wasn't just the pupils. It ...

A national numeracy program for three and five-year-olds from disadvantaged backgrounds has dramatically improved their maths skills before they start school. The Smith Family's Let's Count program, ...

Scotland has a maths problem. Too many of us are happy to label ourselves as "not good with numbers". This attitude is deep-rooted and is holding our country back educationally and economically. The ...

A campaign to make maths really count in schools is being launched. A new advertising and poster campaign from BBC Wales and the Basic Skills Agency is being launched across Wales on Monday and is ...

Your child is learning new things every day. And just as you can help them with their language and reading, there are also ways you can boost your preschooler’s number skills. This is especially ...

Last week's furore with one of the maths GCSE papers raised some interesting points. There were a number of difficult questions including the now infamous one referred to as the Hannah's sweets ...

The stereotype that maths is a “boy subject” is deep-rooted and enduring. A survey this week for the newly launched campaigning group, National Numeracy, showed that, while 71 per cent of men describe ...

Numeracy challenges like those pictured above should not be beyond 11-year-old children. The tragedy is that thousands can’t even begin to tackle them, and never gain the basic numeracy skills that ...