Scientific American presents Math Dude by Quick & Dirty Tips. Scientific American and Quick & Dirty Tips are both Macmillan companies. Long time math fans may remember our first foray into the world ...

AT SOME BAY AREA middle schools, Algebra I is the realm of the mathematically advanced — the kids who grasped percentages and fractions with ease when they were younger or who scored highly on a ...

We here at the Math Dude ranch get numerous questions every week from math fans around the world. By far the most common questions we receive have to do with calculating percentages. In particular, ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Statewide performance improved by 4 percentage points in the Florida Standards Assessment for mathematics for third to eighth grades, according to data released by the Florida ...

What can be said about math riddles? Everyone in the world has a love-hate relationship with them. You can hate math, but you have to accept that it is vital in our day-to-day lives. The world cannot ...

Percentage Calculator is one of those utility apps that you don't realize you need until you need it. The app is not your typical calculator with a numeric keypad and operators. Instead, it's a ...

For too many years, K-12 education has been largely oblivious to the gaping mismatch between mathematics curricula and the needs and reality of the working world. It is increasingly apparent that the ...

In crime novelist Steve Thayer’s book The Wheat Field, a police officer pursuing a murderer seeks the assistance of a university psychology professor in profiling the assailant. In the course of their ...