Get out your timer and number two pencil to see if your arithmetic skills are still sharp.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Life gets busy, and sometimes those basic math skills from school days get a little rusty. Whether you're budgeting, measuring for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. We like to think that we're pretty good at math, especially after years of schooling. But every once in a while, a simple ...

The question goes: "A bat and a ball cost $1.10 in total. The bat costs $1.00 more than the ball. How much does the ball cost?" Is your knee-jerk response that the ball costs ten cents? That is a ...

Let's keep things simple – this is basic math. Nothing scary. Just everyday calculations, a bit of geometry, some number patterns, and the kind of stuff you definitely learned in school at some point.

Students with learning disabilities and other challenges may find word problems difficult even when they know the math, so ...

Sometimes we face problems that seem like they'll never go away or get better, but would you believe that math could actually hold the key to making your life better? Sounds tricky, but it's a lot ...

Among high school students and adults, girls and women are much more likely to use traditional, step-by-step algorithms to solve basic math problems – such as lining up numbers to add, starting with ...

Teachers can help ease the anxiety that many students feel with these strategies for creating joyful learning experiences.