Curated OER
What Is the Distance Formula?
Find the distance between two points on a coordinate plane. How is that done? Let's take a look at the distance formula. What's the distance formula? Well, it's a form of the Pythagorean Theorem. How? Watch the instructor diagram and...
Curated OER
How Do You Estimate the Square Root of a Non-Perfect Square?
Find the square root of a number that is not a perfect square, without using a calculator. In this video, the instructor will show how to estimate to get the approximate value of the square root of a number that is not a perfect square....
Curated OER
What is the Product Property of Square Roots?
If your class has a grasp of square roots, but is having difficulty with the product property of square roots, this video might be for you! In the video, an instructor completes a short proof of the property, defines the property, and...
Curated OER
What is the Quotient Property of Square Roots?
Before defining the quotient property of square roots, the teacher in this video works through an example that shows how the property is possible. She then goes through a couple more examples of the property in action. Show this resource...
Curated OER
What is the Quadratic Formula?
What do you do when you are trying to solve a quadratic equation and factoring and graphing aren't working out for you? Use the quadratic formula! Watch this video to find out exactly how to find your solutions with the quadratic...
Curated OER
How was the Quadratic Formula Derived?
If you or your class members are interested in how the quadratic formula is derived, then take a look at this video! The tutorial takes you through each step necessary to derive the quadratic formula from the general form for a quadratic...
Curated OER
How Do You Solve a Quadratic Equation by Completing the Square?
Completing the square is an effective way to solve a quadratic equation. Introduce your class to this technique and use this video to complement your lesson. This resource takes viewers through the process of completing the square,...
Curated OER
How Do You Rationalize a Denominator?
This tutorial video will show you how to get rid of that radical in the denominator and rationalize your fraction! Great for in-class or at-home use, this video could be used to supplement a lesson or clarify radicals, rationalizing, and...
Virtual Nerd
How Was the Distance Formula Derived?
Are you working on the distance formula? Derive the distance formula and help your learners by showing them the logic behind the distance formula. This practical video should help conceptual understanding and is appropriate for in-class...
Curated OER
How Do You Find the Cube Root of a Perfect Cube?
Introduce your class to cube roots! You can show them this video, in which an instructor demonstrates how to find the cube root of a perfect cube. While this video is clear and well-made, it is appropriate only for more advanced learners...
Curated OER
How Do You Divide Two Rational Expressions?
An instructor walks viewers through a complicated problem in which she divides 2 rational expressions. For this problem, she has to find excluded values, use the zero product property, multiply, divide, cancel, and simplify. This video...
Curated OER
How Do You Find Excluded Values?
Teach excluded values with this video. Using a real example, a lecturer breaks down how to find the excluded values of a rational expression. She defines what an excluded value is and completes the problem, explaining each step along the...
Curated OER
How Do You Figure Out if a Square Root is Bigger than Another Number?
You have been given a square root and need to compare that to a decimal number to find out which one is bigger. How can you make that comparison? One way to do this is to find the square root of the square root number and then compare it...
Curated OER
How Do You Find the Area of a Rectangle Whose Sides are Binomials?
The teachers uses a diagram to set up her initial equation to reflect the changes being made to a garden plot. She has a good explanation of how she got her equation. Then she works through the steps to solve the equation.
Curated OER
How Do You Find the Square Root of a Fraction?
The instructor demonstrates how to find the square root of a fraction. She simply explains that you separate the numerator and denominator, meaning you find the square root of the numerator, and then you find the square root of the...
Curated OER
How Do You Find the Distance Between Two Points?
Learn how to use an algebraic formula to find the distance between two given points on a coordinate plane.
Khan Academy
Free Radical Reactions, Substitution and Elimination Reactions, Organic Chemistry
Explain the concentration of free radicals and how they interact with ions and charged molecules.
Khan Academy
MTEL Math Practice Test: 1-4
Are you worried about the MTEL? Never fear—Sal is here! Designed for adults seeking their teaching credentials in Massachusetts, this series of videos guides future teachers through a practice test for the Math MTEL. The valuable...
Curated OER
How Do You Find the Square Root of a Perfect Square?
What is the relationship between squaring a number and taking the square root of a number? The instructor in the video explains the relationship of perfect square and its square root integer.
Curated OER
How Do You Multiply Two Radicals?
Multiply radicals just like you would multiply any terms. Yes, but of course there is more to do to simplify the product. Combine, factor, separate, and square root are some of the things that need to be done to get to the solution of...
Curated OER
How Do You Subtract Radicals with Like Radicands ?
Subtract the given radicals. Not so difficult really! If the radicals are like terms, then it's as simple as combining the coefficients. Yes, it's really that simple.
Curated OER
How Do You Find the Cube Root of a Perfect Cube?
Introduce your class to cube roots! You can show them this video, in which an instructor demonstrates how to find the cube root of a perfect cube. While this video is clear and well-made, it is appropriate only for more advanced learners...
Curated OER
How Do You Find the Length of a Leg of a Right Triangle?
A right triangle. Two given measurements for two side lengths and one unknown length. Use the Pythagorean theorem to solve this problem and find the missing value. Squares and square roots are used in this problem and don't worry when...
Curated OER
How Do You Subtract Radicals with Unlike Radicands?
Radicals , radicands , square roots, perfect squares, and subtracting? Sounds complicated, especially because the radicals are not the same in this problem. So, there's a lot of math work to do here. Watch this video to find out how to...