Imagine that someone gives you a list of five numbers: 1, 6, 21, 107 and — wait for it — 47,176,870. Can you guess what comes next? If you’re stumped, you’re not alone. These are the first five busy ...

The fine new “Numbers in Nature: A Mirror Maze” exhibition serves two purposes for the Museum of Science and Industry. It gives the museum a permanent exhibit that covers, in its way, mathematics, ...

An animated journey into the world of rational numbers! A fraction thief disrupts a number town, leading to a fun exploration of fractions, natural numbers, and mathematical concepts. Donald Trump's ...

Excerpted from "The Grapes of Math: How Life Reflects Numbers and Numbers Reflect Life." Numbers were invented to describe precise amounts: three teeth, seven days, twelve goats. When quantities are ...