The arrangement leaves gaps in the square’s four corners, two of which are filled with smaller circles that just barely touch ...

At 13 years old, O’Dorney won the 80th Scripps National Spelling Bee and shook hands with then-President George W. Bush in the Oval Office. In 2011, O’Dorney met then-President Barack Obama, this time ...

Hannah Cairo is in the first year of her mathematics graduate program at the University of Maryland. Like her peers, she does research and is a TA on campus. But unlike most Ph.D. students, Cairo is ...

Scalene triangle ABC is inscribed within a circle. Side AB has a length of x² + 2 Side BC has a length of 8x − 3 Side AC has a length of 7x + 3 Triangle ABC has an area of 1170 cubic units. Find the ...

Leonardo Da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man has been puzzling scholars for centuries. Da Vinci, who was not only a famous artist but also an inventor, engineer, and scientist studying subjects like human ...

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- Today at Eastlake High School, elementary students are proving that math can be both fun and rewarding as they compete in the annual Math Bee. Kindergarten through 5th grade ...

March 14 — a day you’re more likely than most others to eat — or throw — a pie and get a reduced price on your pizza. It’s all in celebration of pi (Greek letter π), the mathematical constant and ...

Dr. Willie Soon, a Harvard astrophysicist, recently sparked discussions in both scientific and theological circles with his proposal of a mathematical formula aimed at proving the existence of God.

Pi, a mathematical constant denoted by the Greek letter π, is the ratio of a circle's circumference C to its diameter d: π = C/d. The circumference of a circle is, in turn, equal to 2πr, where r is ...