Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Mathematics is a fundamental part of anyone's elementary and high school education. Students are taught from an early age ...

The answer could be 1 or it could be 16, or it could be both. There are two problems, according to the computer science professor: the order and the obelus. An obelus is this: ÷ and it has a variety ...

Every few months, a math problem goes viral on social media. Disappointingly often, it lacks mathematical meat. It seems over half of them boil down to the order of operations. Some tweet will get ...