Key words can help first graders figure out whether to add or subtract more than half of the time, but the strategy rarely works for the multi-step problems students encounter starting in second ...

Carolann Smith told Newsweek she found her daughter's response amusing because she "felt the same way" about math problems at school.

Josie Scates, 7, from Bismarck-Henning, works on a math problem at the Danville District 118 First Grade Math Challenge at Danville High School on Wednesday.

A class of first-graders in Bluefield, West Virginia reached a major milestone earlier this week. Diana Sandifer's class at Bluefield Primary School set a goal to solve 200,000 math problems by ...