“Who would draw a picture to divide 2/3 by 3/4?” asked Marina Ratner, a professor emerita of mathematics at the University of California at Berkeley, in a recent Wall Street Journal opinion piece.

In grade school, you were probably constantly drilled on mathematics. Whether it be multiplication tables, simple addition, or complicated division, it was taught over and over again that quick math ...

Solve the equation \(\frac{3s + 9}{4} = 7\). This means \(3s + 9\) has all been divided by 4. To solve the equation, inverse the operations. The opposite of dividing by 4 is multiplying by 4. Any ...

Math can be fun, but it can also be tricky. Adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing — numbers can really boggle the mind sometimes. And really, this is true at any age, with a lot of opinions ...