Probability is not the easiest subject in math...but it is incredibly useful so it can definitely be worth the time to understand it. Here's a problem you may find in precalculus: You've got 6 baseball bats of varying lengths and weights but only room for 3 of them on your road trip. How many different combinations of bats can you take with you? For the first choice you have 6 options, the second choice you have 5 options and the third choice you have 4 options. That's 6x5x4 combination...
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If you are considering tutoring this upcoming year, please contact me now to discuss availability. During the fall, things get booked up very quickly and it can become difficult to fit you into my schedule if you wait until the last minute before exams.
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For folks at Seattle Public Schools, the school year begins on Sept. 7th (Calendar). Bellevue Schools begin on Sept. 1st (Calendar). Mercer Island begins school on August 29th. And for folks at private schools, here are a few more dates: Seattle Prep - Aug. 26, Lakeside - week of Aug. 29th (depending on grade), Bellevue Christian - Aug. 30th. Enjoy your summer!!
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A Scholarship for anyone who has struggled with math
The Seattle Tutoring Services Math Scholarship was created to recognize the struggles of students in math courses and encourage students to create a new and more successful path. As a math tutor, I realize studying math isn’t always fun. Getting stuck on homework problems, failing class, and struggling to get satisfactory standardized test scores can lead to frustration. Unfortunately, this can limit academic and professional opportunities...
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TI-89 vs TI-84: A buyer's guide Students typically have to purchase a graphing calculator for high school and college...So the question becomes: Which one? Texas Instruments are often the go-to for instructors. They've been around for a long time (the calculators, that is) and most instructors were trained on these devices. So let's put two of the most commonly considered calculators head to head: the TI-89 vs TI-84 Plus CE.
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MoreSimple game helps with math skills
Very cool video about how just a few minutes of a computer game, which involves no numbers, can help kids with school based math. Check this out: https://youtu.be/LFR3J9KQsNo
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The Seattle area has a number of excellent public and private schools. Some of the more well know private schools include Lakeside, Seattle Prep and smaller ones located on Vashon and Bainbridge. Excellent public schools can be found on Mercer Island, in the Bellevue School District and in urban Seattle Public Schools. While it's tempting to look for rankings of the area's top schools, it's also helpful to think of the needs of your child and how nearby schools can meet them. Having grown...
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A battery in the shape of a perfect cylinder has a volume of 15 cm³. Its height is 6 cm. Find the radius of the battery. h= 6 cm
volume= 15 cm³
We know the formula for the volume of a cylinder is:Continue Reading Volume of a cylinder
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Imagine a question about average speed...take a sailboat race that spans 750 miles and is completed in 3 days, 20 hrs and 13 minutes. What is the average speed of this boat in miles per hour? Conversion factors are very helpful in questions like this, along the same lines as dimensional analysis that is often used in chemistry. First, convert the time to hours: We use conversion factors because they help us convert multiple types of units. Here, I have deleted the units that can...
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On July 25th I'll be holding a drop in session where we can talk SATs, middle school math and high school math. Send me an email and I'll give you more details. Enjoy the summer!
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