Math Puzzle: What is the longest sequence of captures in checkers?

Reston, VA-The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) and KenKen ® have formed a new educational partnership designed to help teachers engage students in mathematical thinking through the ...

Jeff Smith's Math Puzzle for September 25, 2026 – Say goodbye to cold weather, hello to the first week of autumn. The post ...

A Brain teaser is a type of puzzle which requires thinking and logical skills. In these types of puzzles, even math riddles are a type of puzzle in which puzzles are in numerical form. These maths ...

For decades, researchers wondered if the Navier-Stokes equations, which describe fluid flow, break down. OpenAI put thousands of agents on the question.

In his new book, "Dissections: Plane and Fancy," Greg N. Frederickson, professor of computer science, explores the challenges of geometric dissections, the mathematical art of cutting figures into the ...

A University of Huddersfield lecturer has puzzled the world. Ed Southall already had a big following for the maths posers that he posts online and publishes in book form. But his latest conundrum has ...

Hang a picture on three nails so that removing any two will cause the picture to fall but removing just one will not. Hint: ...

Some of the most satisfying number puzzles require little mathematical know-how. In fact, cracking the one below calls for thinking that is quite nonmathematical. I don’t know where or when I first ...

A University of Queensland research team led by senior mathematics lecturer Dr Yao-Zhong Zhang has successfully solved a major long-standing problem in mathematical physics. Dr Zhang and his ...