I must take exception to Ray French's comments on "Algebra wastes students' time" [Letters, April 14]. Whether you know it or not, virtually everyone must use some form of algebra every day. You ...

I hated Algebra. Still do. See, I never thought numbers and letters should go together. Same with pineapple and pizza. But ...

A recent letter writer states “cursive is more useful than algebra” and cites the need to sign a check as justification for schools continuing to teach cursive writing. Today”s students will not be ...

Sometimes in algebra you will use the initial letter of a word to stand in for that word. For example, the area of a square can be found by multiplying the length by the length.

I attended a Catholic grammar school in New York. In the eighth grade, we were offered the opportunity to take algebra classes after school. I took those classes, taught by a very stern nun, and took ...

Ah, Michael Somerville, your May 29 letter was a revelation ("Schools must offer real-world classes"). You must have paid close attention in your English classes, as your letter had near-perfect ...

Two apparently disjoint subjects discussed in the same issue – quantum uncertainty and the Riemann hypothesis – have a surprising and important mathematical connection. Louis de Branges’s purported ...

Keeping tabs on their purchases. Many people these days use calculators, often in their phones, to make basic math transactions. (Express-Times file photo) RoseMarie Mazza Bauer's proposal to make ...