Math is not my strength. Over the years I have come to realize that I have quite intense math anxiety. The way around that math anxiety for me is to explore math concepts through stories and hands on ...

The Pythagorean cup, also known as the Greedy Cup or the Cup of Justice, is a marvel of ancient engineering and a profound symbol of ethical teaching attributed to the famous Greek mathematician and ...

August 15, 2017 (8/15/17) was Pythagorean Theorem Day (see I missed Pythagorean Theorem Day). I was not even aware that there was such a day until this year, but it brought to my attention some really ...

This is an updated version of a story first published on Nov. 1, 2024 For centuries, students have learned that in a right triangle, the square of the hypotenuse equals the sum of the squares of the ...

The Pythagorean Theorem is an ancient theory that states that in a right triangle, if the length of the hypotenuse is c, and the lengths of the two sides that sandwich the right angle are a and b, ...

Two teenagers found ten new proofs of the Pythagorean theorem using trigonometry, debunking a century-old belief. Calcea Johnson and Ne’Kiya Jackson were St. Mary’s Academy students in New Orleans and ...