While math word problems are widely used in classrooms at all grade levels to help put numbers, operations, and equations into context and connect math to the real world, they also increase the ...

Word problems are often described as “math stories” and can put complex mathematical operations into a more approachable form for students. But students often struggle when they see a combination of ...

Word problems try and tell students a story about the math problem in front of them. They are a useful way to connect abstract numbers to concrete situations, so students can learn early on to apply ...

Working memory is like a mental chalkboard we use to store temporary information while executing other tasks. Scientists worked with more than 200 elementary students to test their working memory, ...

The film features a conversation between a student named Bernard and another person helping him with his math homework. They discuss various math problems, including multiplication and division, while ...

Abstract: Multiplicative programming problems are difficult global optimization problems known to be NP-hard. In this paper we propose a method for approximately solving convex multiplicative ...

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New York Knicks rookie Tyler Kolek isn't a fan of the T.J. McConnell player comparisons that were made when he was selected with the No. 34 pick in the NBA draft last month. It's nothing personal to ...

ABSTRACT: This paper provides a method of the process of computation called the cumulative method, it is based upon repeated cumulative process. The cumulative method is being adapted to the purposes ...