Mathematics is a difficult subject for many students, while a mathematics examination is a nightmare for many, but not for 25-year-old Rajveer Meena, an alumnus of VIT University, Vellore. He seemed ...

Researchers at the Swiss university Fachhochschule Graubünden claim that they’ve broken the world record for the most calculated digits of pi, a mathematical constant that describes the ratio of a ...

The number represented by pi (π) is used in calculations whenever something round (or nearly so) is involved, such as for circles, spheres, cylinders, cones and ellipses. Its value is necessary to ...

Somewhere at the edge of mathematics lurks a number so large that it breaks the very foundations of our understanding - and ...

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 ...

Refresh your knowledge with these guides on place value and calculations with whole numbers. Write the numbers one underneath the other, lining up the units place value digits. Start on the left to ...