Let me introduce you to Simple. Simple has often been accused of being simple minded but he is not! Simple does like things to be easy. The quadratic formula can have more than one right answer. It also has more than one way of getting the solution. In the GED math [...]
Mnemonics for remembering the order of operations in long division: Divide, Multiply, Subtract, Bring-down mnemonics Dad, Mom, Sister, and BrotherDracula Must Suck Blood Dead Monkeys Smell Bad Divide, Multiply, Subtract, Bring Down, Redo (all steps), Check (by multiplying the quotient – plus any remainder times the divisor) mnemonic. Daddy, Mother, Sister, Brother, [...]
Simple has asked me numerous times to let him teach a class on math. I finally relented and told him show me how you would teach a class on exponents as used on the GED test. “Right now!” He asked? “Yes. ” I responded. Simple begins by saying. An exponent like [...]
Simple is the name of my friend who comes over for help with the GED math test. He is studying for it and swears my explanations are too complex. For example ratios! He’ll be jumping in on my explanations now and then. A ratio is a fraction telling the relationship [...]
Simple, my friend, used to have difficulty with dividing fractions. He hates complexity and refuses to do complex problems. This didn’t help his test scores. One day I sat Simple down and explained that he needed a guide for mathematics. This guide would show him how to do math. The [...]
Proportion is word used in math to mean two equal fractions. Fraction A equals fraction B. What is sneaky is that both fractions have the same ratio! But they seldom look the same. Here’s an example: 1. A cook made pancakes from the following recipe. ½ cup of flour, 2/3 cup [...]
