The Latest Breaking News from Mathematics

On 19 November 1969, Pelé sparked wild celebrations with the 1,000th goal of his career – but it may have been scored five days earlier

Kenya’s education ministry announced in March 2025 that mathematics would be an optional subject in senior secondary school, which begins in grade 10. Most students in this grade are aged 15 years. The education minister said the mathematics taught from grade 4 to grade 9 was sufficient for foundational “numeracy…

Mathematics is probably one of those school subjects where either we or our classmates have felt like hostages at least once. Right? Jokes aside, numbers, logic, and units of measurement are very valuable and necessary. We probably could not go a day without mathematics. The post “Think You Know Measurements?”:…

School mathematics in South Africa is often seen as a sign of the health of the education system more generally. Under the racial laws of apartheid, until 1994, African people were severely restricted from learning maths. Tracking the changes in maths performance is a measure of how far the country…

A mathematician who specialises in quantifying uncertainty has won a €2 million funding award from the Italian government

The Grammy winner is currently on the India leg of his Mathematics Tour

Everyone should leave school with a solid understanding of maths. Decent mathematics literacy is a hugely important skill in many aspects of life. We need it when budgeting for a weekly shop, asking for a pay rise and completing a tax return.

IMSA arranged for 27 high school students who excel in STEM programs to come to the speedway to educate the teens on how many opportunities exist in motorsports for those interested in science, technology, engineering and mathematics

Geometry is an important branch of mathematics, which we use to understand the properties of 2D and 3D space such as distance, shape, size and position. We use geometry every day: cutting paper to wrap a present, calculating the area of a room to tile a floor, and interpreting pie…