As a math tutor, you’re bound to teach this quick method for solving proportions. When you encounter what do you do? Well, the easiest approach is probably what many call “cross multiplying”. I learned it in grade 7. Cross multiplying …
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Tutoring English at the college level, you might be asked to explain the term foil. There are hundreds of literary terms. Most of them you never hear in everyday conversation, while many others are seldom used. In the hallways of …
Tutoring, you notice which months are tough on students. There are also your own recollections…. This year, Christmas came a few days after the public school students left for holidays. As a result, their days off stretched longer at the back …
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Tutoring English, you’re bound to be asked when to use who vs when to use whom. “Whom do you love?” asked George Thorogood. Actually, I think he asked “Who do you love?” However, he should have used whom. Whom is …
Tutoring Biology 12, you talk about the hormones insulin and glucagon, which are used to control blood sugar. Insulin is much more widely spoken of than glucagon, but in fact they are opposite sides of the blood sugar equation. Your body …
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Tutoring biology 12, the six (or so) functions of water in the human body comprise an early theme. Everyone knows water is important in the human body, but what are the precise reasons? 1. Water is liquid at body temperature. This …
When you tutor English, you still need to discuss spelling – believe it or not. When I was a kid, I often wondered which words were “ible” and which were “able”. In time, I realized that I used more “able” words …
Tutoring English, advice can be more important than “how-to”. Here, then, are some practical pointers to help your next essay. Talking to my sister yesterday, she told me she’s had a flood of essays to mark this semester. When your essay is amongst many …
We continue our commentary on significant figures – aka significant digits – with how to add and subtract them. A chemistry or physics tutor deals with this topic periodically. If you look over my last few posts, you’ll see the accumulation of articles …
When you tutor physics or chemistry, most calculations require management of significant figures (aka significant digits). Today, we’ll look at multiplying and dividing. We know from earlier posts (see the previous one here) why significant figures are needed and how …