Math is not everyone’s favorite, understandably. Hours of math homework and difficult equations can make anyone sour on the subject. But when math problems are outside of a school setting, there’s no ...

A version of this puzzle originally appeared in the October 1960 issue of Scientific American. What’s the Most Distant Galaxy ...

The inside of a bus may not seem like the ideal place to rekindle your interest in math, but a group of mathematicians is betting it will. Last month, the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute of ...

Duah: Using puzzles, both at home and in classrooms, can restore the often-forgotten truth that learning happens in ...

Brain teasers are a fun way to test one's thinking skills. These puzzles give the brain a quick workout. A recent challenge that went viral online has math lovers excited. The puzzle asks users to ...

A brain teaser is a short, playful puzzle designed to make your mind stretch and smile. It could be a riddle, a tricky question, a visual illusion, or a logic twist that nudges you to think beyond the ...

Imagine someone handing you a scrap of net from a basketball hoop, with knotted red cord attached to the netting, and telling you this bit of string is a clue in a puzzle. How quickly — if ever — ...

Optical illusions and visual puzzles are all the rage these days due to their ability to enthrall social media users. These brain teasers improve cognitive functions and are a fun way to pass the time ...

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It's a math puzzle designed for third graders, but many adults are having trouble solving it. The puzzle looks something like Scrabble, with a series of boxes that snake up, down and across a page.

The missing number is 1,620. The digits in the tens places (green in the figure below) of the numbers in columns 1, 2, 4 and 5 are added together. The total value is represented by the digits in the ...