Saw this question, thought it could be best shown with a visual. The first coordinate is the x-coordinate, the second is the y-coordinate. …
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How can DMX unintentionally help you with math? Distinguishing between domain and range
We started with some inequality problems and interval notation. The thing we focused on was square brackets vs curved brackets [ and (. One is inclusive, like a closed dot, and the other is exclusive …
Greater and ‘Greator’ with ‘or’, Tutoring Algebra II
Today we looked at inequalities, plotting them on number lines and interval notation. One trick is to use the similarity between the word 'greater' and 'greator' with an 'or', most times inequalities …
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Tutoring Math Friday Sheets at Stevenson School
We worked through the Friday sheet. These sheets are going to be challenging and can include material outside of the normal classwork. I have seen them before for students at RLS. One important …
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“What is the meaning of “x over y” in mathematics? Does it mean x /y or y/x?”
x is above y in the fraction, hence “x over y”. If you use a / then the two variables are side by side. I almost always recommend using the numerator above the denominator way of writing fractions …
Getting Points from a Linear Equation
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