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Abstract Art… and Math! 150 150 Suzanne

Abstract Art… and Math!

Here’s an interesting thing about abstract thinking or reasoning: it doesn’t seem like looking at an abstract painting and developing abstract reasoning in Math are all that similar, but in fact, they have some useful similarities. This is helpful because it expands the understanding of how to conduct abstract reasoning, and may inform its development…

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Intercepts of a Line 300 300 School Tutoring

Intercepts of a Line

Given an equation of a line in any form, we are able to find the x and y intercepts of a line using some properties. Y-Intercept All points on the y-axis have one thing in common. They all have an x coordinate of 0. Due to this property, we can find the y-intercept by substituting…

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ACT Science: Force and Energy 259 194 School Tutoring

ACT Science: Force and Energy

In Physics, force and energy are the most important concepts that students learn in their high school. Force is mass multiplied by acceleration. Energy is Force multiplied by distance. Today, we are going to focus on different types of forces and energy. Force is mass times acceleration. If a car with a mass of 1000kg…

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Algebra: Symbolic Logic 150 150 SchoolTutoring Academy

Algebra: Symbolic Logic

Proposition: A proposition is a statement which is either true or false but not both. For example, 9<10 (true) is proposition; 4+9=14 is a proposition (false). The truthfulness or falsity of the proposition is called truth value of the proposition. If a proposition is true, then its truth value is denoted by T and if…

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Order of Operations: PEMDAS 150 150 SchoolTutoring Academy

Order of Operations: PEMDAS

Arithmetic operations involve addition, subtraction, multiplication, division etc.  In an arithmetic operation, anything that is not a number may be an operation. Long ago, there was a lot of confusion in simplifying the arithmetic operations involving more than one operation.  Two different students used to get two different answers for a same problem when they…

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Math Review: Using Ratios and Proportions 490 351 School Tutoring

Math Review: Using Ratios and Proportions

Ratio: The relative size of two quantities expressed as the quotient of one divided by the other; the ratio of a to b is written as a: b or a/b. Proportion: A proportion is an equation where two ratios are set equal to each other. Let us look at some examples of using ratios and…

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How to Solve Long Division 98 100 School Tutoring

How to Solve Long Division

In arithmetic, long division is a standard procedure suitable for dividing  numbers. It breaks down a division problem into a series of simple steps (this will be demonstrated in the following table). As in all division problems, one number, called the dividend, is divided by another, called the divisor, producing a result called the quotient.…

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Everything You Should Know About Triangles 233 216 School Tutoring

Everything You Should Know About Triangles

A triangle is a geometric shape made up of three sides and three angles. There are three special names given to triangles that tell you how many sides and angles are equal to one another. In a triangle, there can be 3, 2, or no equal sides and angles.   The three types of triangles…

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Area and Perimeter of Polygons 150 150 SchoolTutoring Academy

Area and Perimeter of Polygons

Perimeter of polygons: The perimeter of a polygon is the sum of all sides of its sides. i.e. the perimeter is the distance around the polygon. In the following figure, the perimeter of the yard is nothing but the fencing needed for the yard. The perimeter is measured in linear units such ad inches, meters,…

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Geometry Basics: Introduction to Circles 150 150 SchoolTutoring Academy

Geometry Basics: Introduction to Circles

A circle is a curve joining a set of points which are at same distance from a fixed point.  Here, the fixed point is called the center of the circle and the fixed distance is called the radius of the circle. Here is the terminology regarding a circle. Here O is the center of the…

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