In October 2024 Luke Durant, an independent researcher in San Jose, Calif., announced that he had discovered the largest known prime number—so enormous it would take years to write out in full. One ...

Kids in elementary school learn—or are supposed to learn—how to add fractions and round numbers. But many students at the University of California, San Diego—a top public university ranked sixth ...

A sharp rise in students entering the University of California system without middle school-level math skills is raising alarms among educators. A new internal report from the University of California ...

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. DPI released draft K-12 math standards proposed to replace required Math 3. Students would keep Math 1 and Math 2, then choose two ...

Renowned for setting final questions so difficult even top mathematicians have to pause for thought, this year the script has flipped on the HSC’s most challenging exam. While peers in the standard ...

Each year, the toughest HSC maths exam ends in a question notorious for its sheer difficulty, often stumping even the state’s best students. The blistering heat on Wednesday afternoon was no deterrent ...

That’s how Meta’s chief AI scientist Yann LeCun described the blowback after OpenAI researchers did a victory lap over GPT-5’s supposed math breakthroughs. Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis added, ...

Grok 4 is a huge leap from Grok 3, but how good is it compared to other models in the market, such as Gemini 2.5 Pro? We now have answers, thanks to new independent benchmarks. LMArena.ai, which is an ...

CBSE now permits students with Basic Mathematics in Class 10 to opt for Standard Mathematics in Class 11 for the 2025-26 session. This continues a relaxation started during COVID-19. The decision ...

Before permitting Mathematics (041) in class XI to such students, the head of the institution/school should satisfy that the students have the aptitude and ability to pursue Mathematics (041) in class ...

President Donald Trump on Friday appeared to mock Harvard University's international students, claiming they need ‘remedial math’ lessons and can't add 2+2. This comes after a district judge ...

The American father took to Reddit after being left puzzled by a multiple choice question given to his primary school-aged child. While there are four different “answers” to choose from, the concerned ...