Who knows exactly what a new poll says about mathematics in America, but the reactions to a recent poll on the topic are a little alarming. When CivicScience, a Pittsburgh-based market research firm, ...

, most Americans don’t believe Arabic numerals should be taught in schools. The problem: That’s the numeral system we use every day. (0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 ...

LOS ANGELES - A recent poll from CivicScience, an American market research company, has revealed what the CEO of the company is calling “the saddest and funniest testament to American bigotry we've ...

Q: This week’s question comes courtesy of Reynaldo Ramos: “We call the numbering system we use today ‘Arabic numerals.’ We all know that this number system was invented by the ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – The majority of Americans don’t believe Arabic numerals should be taught in schools, according to a survey. The survey, which was conducted by Civic Science, an American market ...

Most Americans learn their ABCs and 123s early on in life, but a new survey found learning those numbers might be going a step too far. CivicScience, a market research company, asked 3,624 respondents ...

It was this work that Muhammad ibn-Musa al-Khwarizmi in the 9th century was to expand on so successfully. Khwarizmi became known as “the father of algebra” and gave his name to algorithms. The same ...