Math

5 games that will bring back children's math knowledge before returning to school

After two months of plenty of screens, the pool, and trips, it is important to clear the blockages and rewire the fast retrieval pathways in the memory.

|ByRAPHAEL BERNARD
The children's learning ability has weakened a bit.
A student taking an exam

Years of slipping test results: What’s dragging down US students?

National assessment data show sustained declines in math and reading since 2012, with pandemic learning loss, chronic absenteeism, and staffing shortages identified as major factors.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A general view of the Great Pyramids in Giza, Egypt, November 15, 2025.

Great Pyramid of Giza was built over course of 20 years, using multiple ramps, new study claims

Roig’s model found that using a single ramp would have been insufficient and would have required nearly half a century of construction to reach the pyramid’s completion. 

|ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM
“ridiculous mathematical traps in modern casino welcome bonuses”

The "math trap" of the modern welcome bonus

|ByHANNAH SCHWARTZ

NY teen wins $250k for his math model based on Israeli farmers' research

Using disease data and weather patterns gathered from farmers in Israel, the student was able to predict where the spores from the late blight genome would spread.

APRIL 11, 2018ByREUTERS
New York student Benjy Firester

Alex Lubotzky wins Israel Prize for math, computers

The prize committee wrote that Prof. Lubotzky is one of the world’s leading researchers in group theory.

FEBRUARY 19, 2018ByLIDAR GRAVÉ-LAZI
Hebrew University campus

International Mathematical Olympiad to pick winners at Ariel University

The mathematics competition will conclude on Wednesday.

OCTOBER 17, 2017ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
Participants in Ariel University’s annual Mathematics Olympiad pose at the school in Samaria this week.