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Happy Word Problem Wednesday! This week's word problem goes out to all of you who love getting colourful and creative! Give it a shot; we'll update with the answer tomorrow! Harrison bought a box of 64 coloured pencils for $24.00 and a box of 3...

Image: NASA/W. Stenzel Our favorite space telescope has made headlines once again! On Tuesday, NASA announced the verification of 1,284 new planets discovered by the Kepler mission. It’s the single largest planet discovery to date. Kepler pi...

Source: "Dogs" by Kristine Paulus is licensed under CC BY 2.0 On this Word Problem Wednesday, we're all about our furry canine companions! Give our word problem a try; we'll update with the answer tomorrow! Grace, Ruby, and James volunteer ...

Parents, if there’s one golden nugget of math advice we can pass along to help you set your family up for math success, this Washington Post op-ed by Petra Bonfert-Taylor sums it up:  Stop telling kids you’re bad at math. You are spreading math...

(Image source) We know it's going to be a great day when Star Wars Day aligns with Word Problem Wednesday! Give our word problem a try—we'll update with the answer tomorrow! General Leia is flying a T-47 Airspeeder to Echo Base at 650 kilome...