Easy-looking math problem splits people - can you get the right answer in 30 seconds?

An apparently easy-looking math problem has left internet users scratching their heads. Give it a try to see if you can ...
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Using logical prompts to automatically solve math word problems

Abstract: Automatic solving of math word problems (MWP) has been a popular research direction in recent years. Due to the complex mathematical logic relationships involved, many studies have been ...

Week’s Best: Social Security’s Math Problem

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Want Students to Gain Math Confidence? Celebrate Their Mistakes

This same principle applies to education: If students never meet resistance from mistakes, they fail to develop the ...
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Do NLP Models Cheat at Math Word Problems? Microsoft Research Says Even SOTA Models Rely on Shallow Heuristics

“Yoshua recently turned 57. He is three years younger than Yann. How old is Yann?” Solving such a math word problem (MWP) requires understanding the short natural language narrative describing a state ...
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An Introspective Data Augmentation Method for Training Math Word Problem Solvers

Abstract: Though quite challenging, training a deep neural network for automatically solving Math Word Problems (MWPs) has increasingly attracted attention due to its significance in investigating how ...