iPhone app for solving quadractic equations
Here are some useful strategies that you can use when you are attempting to solve a problem.
- Using number lines
- Translating problems into equations
- Using distance and cost formulas
- Working backwards
- Applying patterns and functions
- Solving quadratic equations
- Plotting ordered pairs
- Finding the equation of a line
source: Contemporary’s Number Power- a real world approach in math
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- Estimation- Before solving the problem, try to estimate the answer. Round your values to the nearest tenth, hundredth, etc., and cancel answer choices that do not coincide with your estimation.
- Draw diagrams- Helps you to visualize concepts and may be the easiest route to take when solving a particular problem
- Rephrase problem- Rewrite your problem so that you can understand it. Choose words that are similar to your way of speaking or perception.
- Make sure problem answers are written in the correct form
- Show all of your work
- Check your answers
source: Problem Solving and Word Problems
