A primary school maths question aimed at 10-year-olds has left adults scratching their heads. The difficult challenge was shared on a popular Reddit thread after one sibling was left stumped by his ...

We hit the streets to test Americans on simple math… and the answers? 😬📉 You won’t believe what they said! #funnyquiz ...

Only 27% of U.S. adults passed a seven-question quiz about basic financial concepts, according to results from the FINRA Foundation’s latest National Financial Capability Study.

Many American consumers fail to grasp the basic math of inflation, according to a large-scale study of financial literacy. The FINRA Investor Education Foundation, a financial education nonprofit ...

So is it true that only geniuses can solve this math equation? I reached out to a mathematics professor to help me run the numbers on this tricky math problem.

Math anxiety holds students back from reaching their potential. Experts share insights on the problem and strategies to combat it.

The nation’s report card shows a growing NAEP score gap between low- and high-performing students. The scores will fuel debates about school closures, cellphones, and more.

The New Jersey Board of Education will eliminate the requirement for most teacher candidates to pass basic reading, writing, and mathematics skills tests to gain certification.

Even more disturbing, 12 percent of American adults are fully below Level 1, meaning they might be unable to perform basic addition and subtraction.

Both average and below-average students slid on the 2023 international math test. Source: Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), 1995-2023. Retrieved from NCES. Another way of ...

American workers are falling behind those in other rich countries when it comes to basic skills such as reading a thermometer.