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Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. If you love math, you’re probably already subscribed to Scientific American’s weekly newsletter Proof Positive. But if ...

Math exam questions should not try too hard to appear "realistic" by adding everyday-life stories, because students would simply strip away the context and convert them into familiar formulas to solve ...