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 ...

How many triangles can you count in this image? It’s harder than it looks and bound to baffle even the sharpest of brains for ...

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Math has long been a bane to American students. One way to counteract the difficulty is to discover the subject’s playful side. In this excerpt, a math professor reflects on recreational math and the ...

The following is adapted from the introduction to “The Riddler: Fantastic Puzzles from FiveThirtyEight,” published by W. W. Norton & Co. It is in stores today! The world’s oldest collection of math ...

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Imagine someone handing you a scrap of net from a basketball hoop, with knotted red cord attached to the netting, and telling you this bit of string is a clue in a puzzle. How quickly — if ever — ...

Brain teasers are an excellent way to keep your mind sharp and engage your problem-solving skills. Ranging from simple to complex, these puzzles offer a fun yet challenging way to give your brain a ...

In our recent puzzle “ The Wanderer’s Return ,” I wrote an intuition-based solution to avoid hairy algebraic calculations.