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Purplemath: Induction Proofs: Introduction

For Students 9th - 10th
Purplemath gives a thorough explanation of proof by induction. The lesson explains, then works through several examples for the reader.
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Purplemath: Systems of Non Linear Equations: Definitions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This Purplemath lesson provides formulas, equations, graphs and explanations of systems of equations.
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Purplemath: Introduction to the X, Y Plane (The "Cartesian" Plane)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Purplemath offers an in-depth lesson on the Cartesian plane. The lesson discusses how to plot points and gives information about the four quadrants. Example problems are given on plotting points and determining the quadrant in which to...
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Purplemath: Algebra Resources

For Students 9th - 10th
Purplemath contains about 40 different lessons on various algebra topics. The lessons are divided into five different sections: preliminary topics, beginning algebra, intermediate algebra, advanced algebra, and word problems. The lessons...
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Purplemath: Basic Number Properties: Associative, Commutative, and Distributive

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This Purplemath lesson includes many different number properties explained by using examples.
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Purplemath: Straight Line Equations: Point Slope Form

For Students 7th - 9th Standards
Two very clear examples of point-slope form are given in this Purplemath lesson. One example begins with the slope and a point and the other example begins with two points. Includes interactive widget for practice determining a linear...
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Purplemath: Descartes' Rule of Signs

For Students 9th - 10th
Purplemath provides examples that helps explain Descartes' rule of signs, which will help you find the zeros of a polynomial.
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Purplemath: Conics: Hyperbolas

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A three-part tutorial that discusses the basic terms, definitions, and formulas related to hyperbolas.
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Purplemath: Complex Numbers: Introduction

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This website provides an in-depth lesson on complex numbers. You learn about simplifying, adding, and multiplying complex numbers by viewing example problems that are worked through step-by-step. Continue on to pages 2 and 3 which...
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Purplemath: Evaluation: Evaluating Expressions, Polynomials, and Functions

For Students 9th - 10th
Demonstrates evaluation (or 'plug-n-chug'), and points out common usage and mistakes.
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Purplemath: Composition of Functions: Composing With Sets of Points

For Students 9th - 10th
An in-depth lesson that explains the notation and terminology of function composition, and demonstrates how to use composition. Successive pages look at composing functions at points, composing functions with functions, word problems...
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Purplemath: Sequences and Series: Terminology and Notation

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains the basic terminology and notation of sequences and series, including summation symbols, subscripts, and indices.
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Purplemath: Purplemath Resources

For Students 9th - 10th
Algebra teacher Elizabeth Staple offers answers to the question, "How do you really do this stuff?" Detailed and down-to-earth, Purplemath has dozens of graduated and cross-referenced lessons, links to other valuable resources, and...
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Purplemath: Factoring Quadratics: The Simple Case

For Students 9th - 10th
This Purplemath lesson describes how to factor a trinomial. It also gives sample problems for the students to try interactively. The lesson expresses how to check the answer by multiplying through.
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Purplemath: The Midpoint Formula

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson from Purplemath demonstrates how to use the Midpoint Formula and shows typical problems using the Midpoint Formula.
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Purplemath: Systems of Linear Inequalities

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This Purplemath lesson describes how to solve a system of linear inequalities by graphing.
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Purplemath: Variation Equations

For Students 9th - 10th
Purplemath offers an extensive explanation of direct and inverse variation, containing several examples and real-world applications.
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Purplemath: Introduction to Negative Numbers

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson from Purplemath.com reviews negative numbers and their operations. Number lines are used for demonstration.
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Purplemath: Exponents: Basic Rules

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
At Purplemath.com, you can scroll down to the last lesson on the page to learn about radical exponents.
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Purplemath: Factoring Numbers

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Visit Purplemath.com for a lesson on finding the prime factorization of numbers. Numerous examples are worked through step by step.
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Purplemath: Lessons and Tutoring: Reviews

For Teachers 9th - 10th
An algebra teacher's treasure from Purplemath.com. This collection contains links to over 20 links for algebra lesson plans and other resources.
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Purplemath: Exponential Functions: Introduction

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Purplemath offers tables and graphs of various exponential functions for an exploration of how exponential functions behave from the real number domain. Compound interest problems are examined and the natural exponential is discussed...
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Purplemath: Matrix Row Operations

For Students 9th - 10th
Purplemath explains each of the elementary row operations and goes through explaining how each step is carried out and the common notation for each operation. The lesson ends with an example of how to solve an augmented matrix.
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Purplemath: Remainder Theorem

For Students 6th - 8th
Purplemath explains the Remainder Theorem and gives examples using synthetic division to evaluate, determine if a value is a solution/zero. The lesson contains a link to synthetic division and other related terms.