GeekDad has a nice review of this app for the iPad called Algebra Touch. Essentially, the app lets you manipulate equations just like they did in the Mechanical Universe videos (these are online ...

Mathematicians and educators say that students need to be introduced gradually to algebraic concepts throughout the elementary school years. The only question is how to teach it. Includes an ...

Algebraic Eraser has looked so promising that it's an underlying technology in ISO/IEC AWI 29167-20, a proposed International Organization for Standardization specification for securing radio ...

The first use of the modern algebraic sign – appears in a German algebra manuscript from 1481 that was found in the Dresden Library. In a Latin manuscript from the same period (also in the ...

The algebra part wasn’t a joke: Peggy Worthen earned a bachelor’s degree at the school when she was in her 40s and nearly didn’t get it because she initially flunked her algebra final.

Understanding terms and expressions. In algebra, letters are used when numbers are not known. Algebraic terms, such as \(2s\) or \(8y\), leave the multiplication signs out.. So rather than \(2 ...

Mathematician solves algebra's oldest problem using intriguing new number sequences A mathematician has built an algebraic solution to an equation that was once believed impossible to solve ...

Martin Udengaard wants more for his son, and he doesn’t think Cambridge schools can deliver. Cambridge Public Schools no longer offers advanced math in middle school, something that could hinder ...

Biologists from the University of the Philippines Diliman have developed a mathematical model that can detect lymphovascular invasion (LVI), an early indicator of metastasis, in breast cancer ...

A parent leader said the Algebra exam scores are a sign the DOE is heading in the wrong direction. Boston Globe via Getty Images. The Illustrative Math curriculum, which the DOE said a majority of ...

A UNSW Sydney mathematician has discovered a new method to tackle algebra's oldest challenge—solving higher polynomial equations. Polynomials are equations involving a variable raised to powers ...