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 jigsaw puzzle company wants to design a new rectangular puzzle with a specific quirk: it must have the same number of edge ...

I’ve been out of school for decades, and I don’t spend my days solving equations (I’m more of a word person). Still, I like to think I have a solid grip on basic math: I can usually gauge whether a ...

There are eight doors in front of you labeled A through H. Behind one of the doors is a prize. A guard is aware of the prize’s location but will only answer yes or no questions. What is the minimum ...

A new study finds that middle and high school students differ in how they solve logic puzzles, with older teens showing better statistical reasoning under time pressure but still lacking adult-level ...

Once upon a time, four queens known as the queens of blue, red, green and pink were locked in a bitter feud. The monarchs lived on four islands, all the same size, yet each with its own distinctive ...