If you correctly recall the elementary trick for order of operations, solving this problem should be a breeze.

What seemed like a regular grade school math problem had people totally stumped on social media. The equation 9 x 3 - 9 shared by @BholanathDutta on X left social media users completely mystified. So, ...

In grade school, you were constantly drilled on mathematics. But as an adult, those lessons all too often fall to the wayside. See if you can remember elementary formulas with this math problem.

Alan Veliz-Cuba has received funding from the Simons Foundation and the American Mathematical Society for some of his research. You can probably think of a time when you’ve used math to solve an ...