Ratios and Proportions
The ratio is the relationship of two numbers, and proportion is an equation that says that two or more ratios are equal.
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Distributive Property
The Distributive Property allows you to distribute the multiplying of one number times each term within a quantity.
Continue reading →Associative Properties
The Associative Properties deal with adding and multiplying when there are three terms.
Continue reading →Commutative Properties
The Commutative Properties deal with adding and multiplying when there are two terms.
Continue reading →Algebraic Equations with two Variables
When we have an equation in 1 variable, with variables on 2 sides of the equation, again that means that there is only one variable (one letter), that is in more than one place (on both the left and right of the equal sign).
Continue reading →Algebraic Equations with one Variable
When we say that a variable is only on 1 side of the equation, that means the variable(s) (or letter) is either to the left or the right of the equal sign.
Continue reading →Multiplying and Dividing Positive and Negative Numbers
A double-negative always makes a positive. If you say that you are not, not going to go to the grocery store, that means you’re going! The same is true in math: two negatives makes a positive.
Continue reading →Opposite Numbers
Opposite numbers are numbers that are the same distance from zero on a number line, but have opposite signs (positive versus negative).
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