CHILDREN from Northfields Green Meadow Primary School welcomed a celebrity finance expert to help launch NSPCC Number Day.

AS a charity, the NSPCC relies mainly on funding from the public, rather than the Government, to ensure we can be there to help children ...

Counting on fingers in primary school is not a sign of weakness but an important tool for learning mathematics, according to a long-term study by researchers in Switzerland published in Developmental ...

Zero is definitively an even number, mathematicians confirm. The formal definition states an even number is any whole number divisible by two with no remainder, a rule zero perfectly satisfies (0 = 2 ...

Most of us have little trouble working out how many milliliters are in 2.4 liters of water (it's 2,400). But the same can't be said when we're asked how many minutes are in 2.4 hours (it's 144).

It's something many people use every morning - but they never stop to question what the numbers on its dial actually mean. In search of answers, one toaster user has taken to social media to ask ...

Students in Melissa Williams' kindergarten class at the Westminster School in Atlanta, Georgia, practice connecting quantities to written numbers — a key part of number sense. Credit: Holly Korbey for ...

Are you one of the many who randomly selects a number on your radiator's thermostat, hoping it will provide the right amount of heat? This common heating mistake could be costing you more than you ...

Parts of England risk becoming “learning disability nurse deserts” as student numbers have collapsed in every region, a new analysis has warned. Subscribe today for unlimited access to 6,000+ clinical ...

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