Four Wappingers Central School District students completed in long multiplication, including 96-digit numbers.

Cue the era of multiplication-table work sheets and timed math facts, tasks that still make up the bulk of elementary school math homework assignments. The summer conundrum: Fight brain drain or ...

While homework can sometimes be mechanical, excessive, and lack an obvious objective, one cannot deny some benefits. How many people would have learned their multiplication tables without at least ...