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Richard Rusczyk, founder of Art of Problem Solving, has a vision for bringing “joyous, beautiful math” — and problem-solving — to classrooms everywhere.

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Our next problem shows how to read minds in a card trick. But this trick is strictly mathematical and has some interesting mathematics underlying it. Puzzle 4 A “mathemagician” prepares a deck of 32 ...

Math anxiety holds students back from reaching their potential. Experts share insights on the problem and strategies to combat it.

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