A new Web site that performs very complex math calculations at breakneck speed is causing controversy among some math experts, who wonder if it will discourage students from being forced to work out ...

If you’re studying math or science, you are probably pretty familiar with Wolfram Alpha as a tool for figuring out complicated equations. That makes it a pretty good tool for cheating, but not ...

Santa Barbara Math Ellipse members at Alpha Math Contest Elena Beckman, left, Liam Avolio, Ethan Foong, William Shen and Daniel Nickolov, (Hallie Avolio) Six students from the Santa Barbara Math ...

Ah, math. It’s why I became an English major. But now math is spinning back around and haunting me in the form of my fifth grader. Last night, I found myself dealing with how to multiply fractions as ...