Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This article was originally published in The Conversation. Holidays bring celebration, rest and, for many families, long stretches ...

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These maths puzzles are a type of problem or game that involves using mathematical concepts and logical reasoning to find a solution. These puzzles often require creative thinking with a deep ...

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 ...

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I like sudoku as much as anyone, but a change of pace might be nice occasionally. Enter Sweet 16, a new math puzzle game. As the name suggests it involves the numbers 1 through 16, and it's a bit like ...

OK, you’re pretty good at identifying the person in our weekly mystery photo contest. But how sharp are you at math puzzles? You can find out to the left. We present three puzzles that were provided ...

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 ...

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Holidays bring celebration, rest and, for many families, long stretches of indoor time. For some, this means table top games quickly reappear on kitchen tables. Games provide opportunities for ...