Math isn’t just about numbers it’s full of strange patterns, paradoxes, and facts that feel more like magic than mathematics.

Did you know there are more ways to shuffle a deck of cards than there are atoms in the universe? Seems crazy, but it's true. Today The Why Files covers amazing math facts (and tricks) that will ...

Math fluency requires more than just memorizing facts and procedures, but also knowing how and when to use them. Math Gets Progressively More Abstract. Here's How to Help Students Keep Up ...

Automaticity with math facts is important, but students should understand the why behind them too, Bushart said. He talked about teaching students who could solve 8 x 5 quickly, but didn’t know ...

The three main disagreements were over the wisdom of centering instruction around “big ideas” while, critics said, diminishing direct instruction and fluency from teaching math facts and algorithms; ...