The second batch of “First Proof” problems is meant to evaluate AI’s usefulness for research-level math. The best model got ...

A new benchmark pitting AI against previously unseen maths problems shows systems still fall short of top human expertise.

Every year, thousands of college students from across the U.S. and Canada give up a full Saturday before finals begin to take a notoriously difficult, 6-hour math test — and not for a grade, but for ...

An independent test of four artificial intelligence models verified 10 previously unpublished mathematical problems: the ETH Zurich model solved six problems, while other publicly available systems ...

In this video, we provide essential "math help" by explaining how to identify values that make a mathematical expression "undefined". This "math tutorial" focuses on understanding conditions like ...

Get out your timer and number two pencil to see if your arithmetic skills from grade school are still intact.

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 ...

Current AI models struggle to solve research-level math problems, with the most advanced AI systems we have today solving just 2% of the hundreds of challenges faced. Mathematicians have stumped the ...

Nine in ten educators believe that using a problem-solving approach to teaching math and science can be motivating for students, according to an EdWeek Research Center survey. But that doesn’t mean it ...

This story originally appeared in the February 2025 issue of Texas Monthly as part of our public-education feature, “What Our Schools Actually Need.” Humans have been learning math for thousands of ...