Math has always come easy to me. I never knew why, but sometimes I thought it was because I'm a guy. In every class I have attended, I have noticed that there are usually a larger number of boys who are better at math than girls. When I was asked to come up with a science fair project, this idea immediately came to mind. In this project I will test as many people as possible and compare test scores between boys and girls. If you are curious about this topic, keep reading. The mathematics background is very interesting. Some people may think that mathematics was created, but in reality it was discovered. Mathematics has always been on earth, since the beginning of time. From Adam counting animals, to a 14-year-old solving a Rubix cube. We have always used mathematics without even knowing it. Different cultures over the years have created their own form of mathematics. The roots of Algebra come from the Babylonians. Different forms of geometry come from the Egyptians, Babylonians, Greeks, Indians, Chinese and Islamic. Calculus comes mainly from Europeans, but theories of calculus from Indians and Muslims are also known. The mathematical theories we use today come from many time periods, including the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries. Some even as early as 1800 BC Finally, most of the leading mathematicians are men, which helps my hypothesis. Mathematics has been around longer than most people think. We wouldn't be able to do math without our brains. The brain is one of the most important organs in our body. It controls your body temperature, senses, physical movement and allows you to think (etc.). All of these tasks are controlled by an organ about the size of the small head of a cauliflower. There are four main parts of the brain. The first part is... middle of the paper... a way to understand why women don't get certain diseases as often and to apply it to men. Hopefully in the future we will find out the reason for this and humans will not get sick so often. For my project I am focusing on the mathematical part of the brain. I will create a math test with 6th through 8th grade problems, some easy, some hard, and have an equal number of boys and girls take it. This could end up with a majority of boys or girls answering correctly or even a high number of correct answers. Since girls have better memories than boys, they may get more right answers by remembering how to solve problems from a year or two ago. But kids could do well at this too. They are better at solving problems, so even if they forget the exact formula, they may still answer correctly. I'm excited to start the project and find out who is really better or if we have the same skills.