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Fractions on Both Sides Equations

Image Source: http://www.blogspot.com In this lesson we look at How To Solve Equations With Fractions on Both Sides. Prior to doing this lesson, you need to know how to solve equations with letters and/or brackets on both sides. If you … Continue reading

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Variable On Both Sides Equations

Image Source: http://oliveloafdesign.wordpress.com When we have equations that start off with variable letters or brackets on both sides, we need to do some extra steps as part of solving them.   The reason we might want to solve equations like … Continue reading

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Factorising With Common Factors

The answer to this question is quite simple: Image Copyright 2013 by Passy’s World of Mathematics Looking at the two photos, it is quite easy for a human to work out which person is in both pictures. But imagine the … Continue reading

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Expanding Two Brackets Binomials

Image Source: http://www.strangezoo.com Here at Passy’s World we use the “Crab Claws” method to Expand expressions which consist of two brackets. It takes all the pain out of expanding these items, although messing with a real crab’s claws could cause … Continue reading

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Transposing and Rearranging Formulas

Image Source: http://www.juicing-for-health.com In a previous lesson we showed how to Solve Equations using the work down through the “Onion Skins” Method. Knowledge of that lesson is needed as a background, before doing our lesson on Rearranging Formulas. Click here … Continue reading

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