With over a million followers, she's serving math riddles and teaching kids that STEM is for everyone.
where she discussed math riddles. She thought a few people might appreciate them. But Santos underestimated the appeal of her videos — she has amassed more than 1 million followers and math teachers even direct their students to her TikToks.
“My math teachers had encouraged me to do these math contests,” she said. “They were really tests that required much more creative thinking than a regular math test … They were all about problem-solving and using really creative methods and that was my introduction into pure math.” A high school math teacher introduced Kyne Santos to the 'elegant' side of pure math and she was hooked. She now shares math riddles and addresses math questions on TikTok.As her TikToks exploded in popularity, Santos started receiving questions that she answers in videos. She covers topics such as the digits of Pi, how many holes a straw has, financial literacy or how the random shuffle button on Spotify works.