The question from the 2012 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), a test conducted every three years across more than 80 countries in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and ...

A maths question designed for nine-year-olds has left adults ' confused ' and calling it out as 'nonsense'. In what at first appears to be a simple case of adding and subtracting, the complex layout ...

A GCSE maths question is so difficult, it left 85% of people scratching their heads in a bid to try and answer it correctly. The month of May signals the start of exam season, with millions of pupils ...

Parents have been baffled over a seemingly simple maths question on a primary school pupil's homework. A mum shared the confusing question in a post to a popular Facebook group after she could not ...

Can you prove your maths prowess by solving this viral brain teaser? You have only 5 seconds to solve it. A simple maths question has been gaining traction on social media for a few days now and is ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The UK government is to cut back a hugely successful programme designed to encourage teenagers to take up ...