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Josephine Nguyen, a sixth grade student from Philadelphia, won the nationwide First in Math competition three years in a row. First in Math is a website for K-8 students that uses engaging games to promote learning and solidifying math skills. Nguyen, whose family did not own a computer until 3 years ago, enjoyed playing on the First in Math at school and in the public library. She was the youngest winner ever when she won in fourth grade. Her three championships in a row is an unprecedented feat. To read more about Nguyen, click here. To access First in Math, click here.

As the fight for the Stanley Cup continues in the National Hockey League,  spectators might wonder about the strategy of the game. Samantha Key, a mathematics major at Penn State Erie, proposes that teams have the best chance of winning (79.4%), if they score first, but not until the third period. Click here to find out how applied math sheds light on hockey!

CareerCast.com recently named Mathematician the best occupation of 2014! Check out the full ranking and more details on the methodology here.

How do you construct your March Madness bracket? Do you look at a team’s history, their strength of schedule, or just rely on pure luck? Click here to check out this video about calculating your bracket using math!

“The thing that’s been the most surprising actually is that we’ve been able to learn so much about engineering things that is coming from art and that is not a typical connection we make, ” says origami expert Robert Lang. Has math made an appearance in something you didn’t expect?
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