Among high school students and adults, girls and women are much more likely to use traditional, step-by-step algorithms to ...

One of the most hotly contested teaching practices concerns a single minute of math class. This story also appeared in Mind/Shift Should teachers pull out their stopwatches and administer one-page ...

Despite it being a big part of our school life many people struggle with maths in their adult life. Whether you constantly need a calculator or use all your fingers and toes to work out a sum, it is ...

All children will be expected to know their full times tables by the time they finish primary school, under new plans unveiled by Education Secretary Nicky Morgan. New tests will examine ...

What's seven times nine? Quick, you've got six seconds to answer. This June, over 600,000 children in England in year four, aged eight and nine, will be expected to answer questions like this. They ...

2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 and so on are all multiples of 2. Multiples of 2 always end with an even number. These numbers are all in the 2 times table. Knowing your times tables is really helpful with mental ...