A magician-turned-mathematician figures out how many times to shuffle a deck of cards before playing Old Maid

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Not all math skills are learned in the classroom. Some of them come naturally.

Computer scientists are developing programs to win popular games. In the process, they are developing solutions for other, more serious, puzzles.

Kindergartners can solve relatively complex addition and subtraction problems if allowed to use their intuitive grasp of approximate quantities.

Mathematicians work out a fairer way for two people to share cake.

There’s math in Native American beadwork, African fabrics, modern music, and even cornrow hairstyles.

Our brains seem to come equipped with systems for estimating amounts and adding numbers.

Monkeys can match the number of faces they see to the number of voices they hear.