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Math Is Fun: Solving Triangles

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Find guidelines to help you "solve" triangles, which means finding the value of missing sides and angles. Provided are examples of six scenarios in which you can solve a triangle's missing measurements, as well as relevant equations,...
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Math Is Fun: Quartiles

For Students 6th Standards
Explains what quartiles are and some different contexts in which they are used. Includes ten practice questions.
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Math Is Fun: The Range (Statistics)

For Students 6th Standards
Explains the definition of 'range' and what it means in different mathematical contexts. Includes examples and ten practice questions.
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Math Is Fun: Dividing Fractions by Whole Numbers

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
Explains how to divide a fraction by a whole number. Includes eleven practice questions.
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Math Is Fun: Currencies of the World

For Students 3rd - 5th
Find here a large collection of charts showing images of currency for countries around the world.
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Math Is Fun: Present Value (Pv)

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains how to calculate the future value of an investment based on present value, the interest earned, and the length of the investment term.
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Math Is Fun: Unit Price

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
Learn what unit pricing is and try comparing unit prices in the accompanying game.
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Math Is Fun: Compound Interest Formula Derivations

For Students 9th - 10th
Looks at how the formula for calculating the effect of compound interest is derived and how it is used to create formulas for finding the Future Value, the Present Value, the Interest Rate, and the Number of Periods. Includes lots of...
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Math Is Fun: Annuities

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains what an annuity is and demonstrates how it works. Also explains how to calculate payments you would need to make for a prospective annuity. Includes a set of practice questions.
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Math Is Fun: Investing (Introduction)

For Students 9th - 10th
An introduction to investing. Touches on basic topics - how to reduce risk, comparing investments, and the importance of diversification.
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Math Is Fun: Personal Budget

For Students 9th - 10th
Get some tips here on how to set up a personal budget by analyzing expenses, budgeting for the whole year, reducing expenses, tracking expenditures, paying off debts, planning for emergencies, and investing.
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Math Is Fun: Net Present Value (Npv)

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains, with examples, what the net present value is and how to calculate it.
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Math Is Fun: Internal Rate of Return (Irr)

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains, with examples, what an internal rate of return is, its uses, and how to calculate it using the net present value.
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Math Is Fun: Investment/loan Graph

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive graph lets you explore how a loan or investment performs in different scenarios. Adjust the present value, the net present value, the loan or investment amount, the length of time, and the interest rate, and see the data...
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Math Is Fun: Binary Digits

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the two binary digits, 0 and 1, and how they are combined to make numbers that correspond to our standard number system. Looks also at the relationship between binary and hexadecimal digits.
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Math Is Fun: Binary Number System

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn all about the binary number system and how to count in binary. Includes a set of practice questions.
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Math Is Fun: Binary Fingers!

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how to count in binary using just your fingers and how this skill can help you in arithmetic. Includes a set of practice questions.
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Math Is Fun: Number Bases

For Students 9th - 10th
While our number system is based on the number 10, there are many other possible ways to organize a number system, which are explored here.
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Math Is Fun: Cardinal, Ordinal and Nominal Numbers

For Students 2nd - 4th
Explains, with examples, what cardinal, ordinal, and nominal numbers are and how to remember which is which. Includes a set of practice questions.
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Math Is Fun: Pi

For Students 6th - 8th
Explains what Pi is and how it is calculated. Gives suggestions for how to calculate it yourself and a tip for remembering it to nine decimal places. Includes a set of practice questions.
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Math Is Fun: E (Euler's Number)

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains what Euler's Number is, its significance, and the formula used to calculate this irrational number. Gives memory tricks for remembering the value of e to 10 or 15 decimal places. Looks at some interesting properties of e and how...
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Math Is Fun: Line Graphs

For Students 3rd - 6th Standards
Explains, with examples, what a line graph is and how to construct one. Includes a set of practice questions.
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Math Is Fun: Pie Chart

For Students 4th - 6th
Explains, with examples, what a pie chart is and how to make one. Includes a set of practice questions.
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Math Is Fun: Pictographs

For Students 2nd - 3rd Standards
Explains, with examples, what pictographs are and their limitations. Includes ideas for making a pictograph and a set of practice questions.