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

Ever wondered how the highway and interstate numbers came to be? What do they even mean if they mean anything at all? Behind those numbered shields displayed on the signs is a mathematical logic grid ...

As I told my class on Thursday, the theme of the first week of our math history course was “easy algebra is hard in base 60.” We started the semester in ancient Mesopotamia, trying to understand ...

Logical Math Riddles for 8th Class: There’s no better exercise for the brain than a creative puzzle. Have you ever found yourself scratching your head and spending hours on a single riddle, puzzle or ...

What is the most important number in the entirety of mathematics? Ok, that’s a pretty silly question – out of infinite possibilities, how could you possibly choose? I suppose a big hitter like 2 or 10 ...

NCERT Exemplar problems are a very good resource for preparing the critical questions like Higher Order Thinking Skill (HOTS) questions. Every year, many questions from the NCERT Exemplar are directly ...

The natives of a remote Polynesian Island invented a binary number system, similar to the one used by computers to calculate, centuries before Western mathematicians did, new research suggests. The ...

Number theorist Peter Scholze, who became Germany’s youngest ever full professor aged 24, and geometrician Caucher Birkar—a Kurdish refugee—are among the winners of this year’s Fields Medals, the most ...

Linda Galligan is a board member the Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute. We are all born with a brain that understands maths. So are animals, to some extent, but perhaps algebra would be a bit ...