What time does the clock show? Show puzzle solution Label the lower hand pointing left A, the higher one pointing left C, and the one pointing right B. Hands A and C are pointing exactly at hour marks ...

Family members of Harlan Hopgood, 48, of Mattoon had posted on Facebook that he was last seen at 2 p.m. Friday leaving Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center heading to Walmart in Mattoon. They reported ...

Prime numbers are sometimes called math’s “atoms” because they can be divided by only themselves and 1. For two millennia, mathematicians have wondered if the prime numbers are truly random, or if ...

This is why acalculia, a neurological condition that impairs the ability to process and understand numbers, can have a devastating effect on a person’s life. The condition commonly afflicts people who ...

A simple typo nearly sank Christos Kyriacou’s summer. Kyriacou, owner of Angel’s Diner in Guelph, Ont., went to pay his internet bill in May. Instead of sending the $341.26 he owed Bell, he missed the ...

Alfred Nobel excluded mathematics from his prizes, likely due to his focus on tangible benefits to mankind, viewing math as too theoretical. While personal rivalry theories are disproven, mathematics ...

BTC and inquiry-based math are already promoted widely and used across the state — and the results are not promising.