Fairly dividing goods is one of the hardest problems economists face. NPR's Planet Money talks to economists about how best to solve it. The recent government shutdown was in part a battle over how to ...

We hunt for solutions to everyday division problems --- from sharing a piece of cake to splitting rent. And, we head to a harbor in Santa Barbara to watch as the rich and famous jockey with fishermen ...

This article shows the application of divisibility to some complex problems that are used to form questions in examinations like CAT. We first show a problem and its detailed solution to clarify that ...

The Monthly publishes articles, as well as notes and other features, about mathematics and the profession. Its readers span a broad spectrum of mathematical interests, and include professional ...