It needs to st0p. St0p. Damm1t, stop. Mo7ie Titles with Numb3rs Have No Purpo$e Numbers substituted for letters in movie titles are right up there on the list of things I h8, ...

The use of the letter x as a mathematical unknown is a relatively modern convention. Algebra has been around for a lot longer.

Many algebra problems use x as a variable, to stand in for an unknown quantity. But why is x the letter chosen for this role? When and where did this convention begin?

Many students find algebra a confusing or intimidating subject, especially those who have just started middle school. But in reality, it is not a difficult subject. With the right strategies and ...

Letters to the Editor: Higher math is everywhere. But should UC require all applicants to learn it? A student takes notes during a lecture in a college algebra class.

What unifies algebra is the practice of studying things – like the moves you can make on a Rubik’s cube or the numbers on a clock face you use to tell time – and the way they behave when you ...

Many algebra problems use “x” as a variable to stand in for an unknown quantity. But why is “x” the letter chosen for this role? When and where did this convention begin?

Letters to the Editor: August 9-August 15Core classes teach problem solving A reader queried in an Aug. 11 letter, “Why teach Algebra I?” They could have just as easily asked, “Why teach ...

DEAR EDITOR: In response to the Ruth Lilley letter on math education. I will say I do use algebra on a regular basis; as an engineer, for me it’s pretty well inescapable. But, I will also say ...

Letters to the Editor: Hey, UC, who has ever thought, ‘I sure wish I had taken more algebra’? San Gabriel High School teacher Leah Ruiz teaches a statistics lesson March 13.

In her column “Why schools should bring back eighth-grade algebra” (Opinion, March 9), Marcela García seems to argue that, when it comes to teaching children mathematics, one size fits all ...