Millions of high school and college algebra students are united in a shared agony over solving for x and y. For those to whom the answers don't come easily, it gets worse: Most preschoolers and ...

ChatGPT, Photomath, Symbolab, and other artificial intelligence-powered platforms can solve a complicated math equation in just seconds—and provide a step-by-step explanation of the answer. That power ...

The year students take Algebra I historically determines how far they progress in secondary mathematics, creating complex equity issues around access to this course. By examining a case study of one ...

There's been a lot of talk lately about teaching algebra in schools. Some people believe that algebra should be scrapped from the curriculum, or at least severely curtailed. Books get written.

We have looked at how to solve equations with one unknown value, but what happens when there are two unknown values? An equation with two unknown values will have infinitely many solutions. or \(x=100 ...

A business founder sparked online controversy after claiming most job applicants cannot solve a simple algebra problem. Lauren Balik, founder of Upright Analytics, posted on X that many interviewees, ...

An American founder and investor has been accused of lying after she claimed that most job-seekers cannot solve a simple algebra problem. Lauren Balik is the founder of Upright Analytics who describes ...

As a student, if I had a good report card my parents would let me order whatever I wanted at Dairy Queen, instead of the standard five Dilly Bars for $1 that my family always got. While it was kind of ...

Courtney Gibbons is affiliated with the Association for Women in Mathematics and the American Mathematical Society. You might remember learning about the quadratic formula to figure out the solutions ...