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January 2012

Variance and Standard Deviation

Variance and Standard Deviation 150 150 SchoolTutoring Academy

The variance and standard deviation are measures of how spread out a distribution is. These are widely used to measure variability or diversity. Standard deviation is a number that indicates…

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What are Ecosystems?

What are Ecosystems? 150 150 SchoolTutoring Academy

An ecosystem is defined as a community of organisms living in a particular environment and the physical elements with which they interact. Ecosystems vary in size. It can be as…

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Measures of Central Tendency

Measures of Central Tendency 150 150 SchoolTutoring Academy

A measure of central tendency is a single value that describes a set of data by identifying the central position within the set of data. The mean, median and mode…

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Angles of Polygons

Angles of Polygons 150 150 SchoolTutoring Academy

Polygons are closed geometric figures made with straight lines.           Sum of interior angels The sum of the interior angles of a convex polygon of ‘n’…

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Types of Polygons

Types of Polygons 150 150 SchoolTutoring Academy

The word ‘polygon’ is derived from Greek words poly- which means ‘many’ and -gon means ‘corner’ or ‘angle’. Polygons are closed (all the lines joined) geometric figures made of straight…

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Atoms: The Basic Building Blocks

Atoms: The Basic Building Blocks 150 150 SchoolTutoring Academy

Democritus, a Greek philosopher, developed the idea of atoms. But his idea was dismissed by other Greek philosophers.  In 1800’s, John Dalton, an English chemist performed experiments with various chemicals…

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States of Matter: Solids, Liquids, and Gases

States of Matter: Solids, Liquids, and Gases 150 150 SchoolTutoring Academy

Matter is anything that occupies space and has mass. Solid, liquid and gas are the most common forms (or states) of matter. Solid A solid has a certain shape and…

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Chemistry Concepts: Atomic Symbol, Atomic Number, Atomic Mass

Chemistry Concepts: Atomic Symbol, Atomic Number, Atomic Mass 150 150 SchoolTutoring Academy

An atom is a basic building block of matter around us. Each atom is consists of the fundamental particles. Electron is negatively charged, proton is positive and neutron is neutral.…

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Conversion between Mixed Fractions and Improper Fractions

Conversion between Mixed Fractions and Improper Fractions 150 150 SchoolTutoring Academy

A fraction consists of two numbers. The number on top is called numerator and the number on the bottom is called denominator, written as:       An improper fraction…

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Adding and Subtracting Unlike Fractions

Adding and Subtracting Unlike Fractions 150 150 SchoolTutoring Academy

Fractions with different denominators are unlike fractions. They cannot be added or subtracted as they are.  They are to be converted to like fractions first which have common denominator. Then…

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