The mathematical skills of boys and girls, as well as men and women, are substantially equal.

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By Libby Quaid WASHINGTON - Sixteen years after Barbie dolls declared, "Math class is tough!" girls are proving that when it comes to math they are just as tough as boys. In the largest study of its kind, girls measured up to boys in every grade, from second through 11th.

By LIBBY QUAID WASHINGTON -- Sixteen years after Barbie dolls declared, "Math class is tough!", girls are proving that when it comes to math they are just as tough as boys. In the largest study of its kind, girls measured up to boys in every grade, from second through 11th.

From wire reports The notion that boys are better at math simply doesn't add up, according to a study to be published today in the journal Science. An analysis of standardized test scores from more than 7.2 million U.S.