Tutoring high school math, unit conversions are often visited. The math tutor discusses the conversion of engine displacements. Back when I was a kid, I had a 50cc (cc:cubic centimetre, also written as cm3) minibike. My friends soon got …
Tutoring high school maths and sciences, unit conversions are prevalent. The math tutor offers an example of converting between common units. Hello: hope your summer is going great. As I’ve implied over the previous few weeks, my activities have shifted …
For this math tutor, the end-of-semester rush is about to end. Tutoring for exam prep, you tend to return to those “messy” problems students would rather avoid…. Radical expressions are among the most difficult topics in high school math. Let’s …
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For this math tutor, the busy exam season is winding down. Now tutoring shifts to summer maintenance, adults in night courses, and general interest…. We all know that 6/11 is a decimal. Being a fraction of two integers, it must …
Heading towards exams, tutoring returns to factoring and other challenging topics. The math tutor shows how to solve a factoring problem that, at high school level, might be difficult. Suppose you are faced with the following problem: Solve -6×5+46×3+72x=0 This …
Tutoring math 12, you cover arc length. The math tutor describes a method students from a generation ago might appreciate. Arc length is distance along the circumference of a circle. Following a 360° angle, you of course travel the entire …
Tutoring math, you might see this topic from a university student. The math tutor offers it as a point of interest. The pigeonhole principle is used to solve counting problems. A simple example: In a ten day stretch, how many …
Questions about roots – especially higher order ones – are commonly asked during math tutoring. The tutor offers a quick example. Example: simplify 4√(80) Step 1: Realize that 80=16(5). Therefore, 4√(80)=4√(16)4√(5) Step 2: Realize that the reason we break …
Continuing from last post, the tutor gives an example of a question involving the mean. You will often find a question such as this on a qualifying exam: Bill writes six math tests. They all have equal weighting towards his …
Tutoring high school math, you deal with introductory statistics. The tutor introduces measures of central tendency. Let’s imagine you have the following seed counts from eleven different apples: 15 9 8 10 8 10 8 5 7 14 12 We …