News & Updates

Dear Friends of the National Math Festival: We know many of you have been curious about our next moves. As of Summer 2023, we are taking a "creative pause" regarding next steps with the National Math Festival. We are proud of the many ways in which the Festival has contributed to building a more holistic perspective on math in the general public over the last several years. We are...

"Mathematics: The Key to a Hidden World" with YouTuber Eddie Woo Tuesday, September 21, 2021 from 2-3pm US Pacific Time Author and YouTuber Eddie Woo presented "Mathematics, The Key to a Hidden World" on Tuesday, September 21, a free, interactive event geared at middle and high school students as well as adults. Do we really need to learn about mathematics in our...

Have you explored the NMF Weekly Puzzle Newsletter by Dr. James Tanton? These free, weekly emails are filled with explorations of kids' math questions, with special puzzles created by James. You can also learn more about these puzzles, plus the Global Math Project, with Dr. Tanton's special session: Math and Cats and Mirrors and the Number Twelvety, on Sunday, April 18th at 2:30pm Eastern...

You can now view the March 17, 2021 NMF Live Performance Series event featuring Rhys Thomas of Science Circus and Brady Haran of YouTube's Numberphile channel and podcast! 2021 National Math Festival: Believe It Or Not, It's Math (x2) with Science Circus and Numberphile. ** Due to performance content, this video is available to view in full through May 18, 2021. Please watch...

This post features behind-the-scenes content about the 2021 NMF Live Performance Series event "What's the Big Idea? A Game Show Featuring Students and Mathematicians", created and hosted by The Young People's Project. How did the audience vote on the mathematical presentations? Here's what we asked them via Kahoot (an online quiz website): Question 1 Math Content: Was the...

This post features behind-the-scenes content about the 2021 NMF Live Performance Series event "What's the Big Idea? A Game Show Featuring Students and Mathematicians", created and hosted by The Young People's Project. Student Judges (MS, HS, and College Level) were each asked to research a mathematician of their choice, finding one thing they liked about the person and being able...

This post features behind-the-scenes content about the 2021 NMF Live Performance Series event "What's the Big Idea? A Game Show Featuring Students and Mathematicians", created and hosted by The Young People's Project. The mathematicians presenting in the NMF Live Game Show came from settings as diverse as Educational Testing Service (Jessica Andrews-Todd), data scientist for the...

This post features behind-the-scenes content about the 2021 NMF Live Performance Series event "What's the Big Idea? A Game Show Featuring Students and Mathematicians", created and hosted by The Young People's Project. The NMF Live Game Show was planned over about four months by a group of CMLWs (College Math Literacy Workers), MLWs (High School Math Literacy Workers), and...

This post features behind-the-scenes content about the 2021 NMF Live Performance Series event "What's the Big Idea? A Game Show Featuring Students and Mathematicians", created and hosted by The Young People's Project. The MC of the NMF Live Game Show was Shawn Bernier, a student at Wheaton College in Norton, Massachusetts studying business and economics and minoring in computer science...

Did you miss our live game show event on February 16? The event recording is now available! This live event, hosted and planned by youth math literacy workers from The Young People's Project, is aimed at middle school through university students and adults, although younger students are welcome to watch as well. Six mathematicians take center stage with the single objective of presenting...