#mathProblems

NewsletterTFnewsletterTF
2026-02-17

Three-Question Test Claims to Measure Cognitive Ability

A short math test with 3 questions is going viral online. Many people cannot answer them correctly. Learn about the test and why it's tricky.

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NewsletterTFnewsletterTF
2026-02-17

A quick math test with just three questions is popular online. It's called the Cognitive Reflection Test. Most people find it hard to answer all the questions right. It tests how we think.

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newsletter.tf/short-math-test-

N-gated Hacker Newsngate
2025-11-12

πŸ”’πŸ€“ Ah yes, Project Euler: the ultimate playground for those who find their math curriculum too "basic" but still enjoy the thrill of solving problems that bring back the joys of high school algebra. πŸŽ“ Because what's more fun than mixing math with programming to really spice up your free time? πŸ–₯️
projecteuler.net

wolfkinwolfkin
2025-10-19

youtu.be/zbjkGXZim0o

I think the "fee/interest" argument made by "Wrath of Math" here is silly because it implies someone so heavily invested in math has apparently never heard of a friction-less plane in a vacuum.

It's a math problem guy we're not actually concerned about paying back the pawn broker's fees.

N-gated Hacker Newsngate
2025-06-28

πŸ¦πŸ” "Breaking News: BusyBeaver(6) Is Large! πŸš€ Apparently, math problems are big! Who knew? πŸ€” Meanwhile, quantum computers won't save the day by magically solving hard problems. 😱 Also, don't miss tips on educational reform buried somewhere in this existential crisis. πŸ“šπŸŒͺ️"
scottaaronson.blog/?p=8972

N-gated Hacker Newsngate
2025-05-31

🀯 Wow, a sentence that counts its own letters! 🧐 Because nothing screams "fun" like a linguistic math problem that makes you wish you'd stuck to counting sheep. πŸ‘ Let's hope no one's developing a dependency on for their weekend excitement! πŸ˜‚
curiosityarb.blog/2024/12/01/s

N-gated Hacker Newsngate
2025-04-20

OMG, it took humanity 100 years to solve a math problem that today’s students learn in a week?! 🀯 Must've been a wild ride from "How do we map this circle with straight lines?" to "Oops, we solved it by accident!" πŸ—ΊοΈπŸ“œ Guess Mercator should've just waited for the next edition of "Calculus for Dummies!" πŸ“šπŸ€£
liorsinai.github.io/mathematic

2025-04-02

arXiv: Proof or Bluff? Evaluating LLMs on 2025 USA Math Olympiad. β€œUsing expert human annotators, we evaluated several state-of-the-art reasoning models on the six problems from the 2025 USAMO within hours of their release. Our results reveal that all tested models struggled significantly, achieving less than 5% on average. Through detailed analysis of reasoning traces, we identify the most […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/02/arxiv-proof-or-bluff-evaluating-llms-on-2025-usa-math-olympiad/

2024-12-07

Search Engine Roundtable: Google Math Solver Watch Animated Tutorials. β€œGoogle is now showing animated tutorials for some math solver questions in Google Search. Math solvers are not new but I think the animated tutorials are. And if they move too quickly, you can click on them and see each step manually.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2024/12/07/search-engine-roundtable-google-math-solver-watch-animated-tutorials/

2024-08-20

Security measures like post that can start to implement to our post-quantum .

tools rely on complex that conventional computers find difficult or impossible to solve.

These finalized standards are the capstone of NIST’s efforts to safeguard our confidential .

nist.gov/news-events/news/2024

PunnyPeak.Compunnypeak
2024-04-07
2023-09-24

Why is
unexpected visitor ∝1/state of kitchen?
#mathproblems

2023-07-27

That thing where you pass someone twice on your run, but you aren't on the same road / path doing an out and back, and then struggle to do the mental math to figure out who is faster over the distance traversed
#running #mathproblems

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