If you were to add \(\frac{1}{2}\) and \(\frac{1}{3}\), it is hard to picture what the answer would be. Rewriting the fractions with a common bottom number, or denominator (in this case, \({6}\)), ...

A group of fourth- and fifth-graders at Circle View Elementary School have been studying hard for an upcoming math competition. But unlike most children their age, these students have excelled past ...

Provincial math exams for Grade 6 students are changing to gauge if Alberta children’s basic math skills are improving. Prompted by parents’ and academics’ concerns that some students don’t grasp the ...

Quickly, off the top of your head — what's seven times nine? If you can't answer without a calculator, you might fail part of the new Grade six provincial achievement test. Alberta begins six-year ...

THE AUDIENCE came with calculators in hand, ready to trip up Arthur Benjamin — the human calculator, the walking computer — the mathematician who can figure out math problems faster than the best-made ...

A group of fourth- and fifth-graders at Circle View Elementary School in Huntington Beach have been studying hard for an upcoming math competition. But unlike most children their age, these students ...