Explore the etymology of Greek numbers, their origins, meaning, and their influence on mathematics and ancient Greek culture.

Years ago, no math education was complete without understanding how to compute a square root. Today, you are probably just reaching for a calculator, or if you are writing a program, you’ll probably ...

Most of us have little trouble working out how many millilitres are in 2.4 litres of water (it’s 2,400). But the same can’t ...

A new collection of research papers examines how humans conceptualize numbers and the numeral systems we’ve build around them ...

Most of us have little trouble working out how many milliliters are in 2.4 liters of water (it's 2,400). But the same can't be said when we're asked how many minutes are in 2.4 hours (it's 144).

The doubling square trick is a simple mathematical shortcut designed for class 6 to 10 students to make multiplication easier ...

Stian Lydersen, PhD, professor of medical statistics at the Regional Centre for Child and Youth Mental Health and Child Welfare, Department of Mental Health, Norwegian University of Science and ...

Square Root of 2 Calculator This project computes the square root of 2 to a user-specified number of decimal places using Python's decimal module for high-precision arithmetic, and verifies the ...