Swiss Algebra Help Blog

This Swiss Algebra Help blog is an updated list of any new information available to you through this website, www.swiss-algebra-help.com.

It...

• tells you whenever any new web pages appear, letting you know about new information or any new products relating to learning and understanding algebra, trigonometry and geometry.
• points out some of our favorite things that you might otherwise miss.
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  give you some insights into learning and teaching maths
• provides some reading suggestions
• gives you free printable worksheets from pre-algebra to higher algebra and related topics

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Source of quotations: http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/Quotations/index.html

Converting fractions (continued)

Converting fractions (continued): We end our exploration of the meaning of decimals and what converting fractions to decimals and decimals to fractions really is. A diagramm illustrates the concept.

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Converting fractions

Converting fractions in general is the key to understand fractions and decimals. We let you explore why decimals are such a powerful invention in Mathematics. The convertion might look complicated, but in reality, the original idea was to simplify calculations.

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Equal signs

There are two meaning of the equal signs: exactly so and an example of

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algebra expressions

Algebra expressions are a mix of numbers, letters and arithmetics but without the sign of equal. They are often used to represent relations in nature, sciences and economics.

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Order of operations

The order of operations is a convention between mathemacians who created it to solve algebraic expressions and equations. it's one of the backbones of the whole mathematics.

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Simplify algebra expressions

The correct way to simplify algebra expressions is to look at them back and forth at different level of detail and the follow the simple arithmetic and algebraic rules in the proper order. Pre-knowledge of arithmetics, exponential rules, the minus sign, orders of operations and operations with fractions is essential.

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Swiss Algebra Help

Swiss algebra help is for those who would like to understand mathematics and not just doing

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Al Khwarizmi

Al khwarizmi was the nickname of Mohammad Ibn Musa, a scholar from probably Uzbekistan who lived in Bagdad between 780-850 AD and from one his work in arabic the name algebra was created.

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Converting decimals to fractions

We show the way for converting decimals to fractions manually. Enough examples to make it clear, yet not so usefull for really understanding the meaning of proportional reasoning nor fractions.

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Decimal notation

The decimal notation is a way of espressing ALL numbers with just 10 simbols. Each of the symbols assume a different meaning according to its position: the place value.

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Basic Algebra

Basic Algebra can be described as generalized arithmetics where letters represent numbers.

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Delorie

Delorie testing, internal file only

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Simon Stevin

Simon Stevin was a flemish /Belgian) engineer and mathematician who developed the decimal notation and disseminated this very important idea which extend we and importance we hardly understand even today.

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Reducing Fractions

Reducing fractions simply means to find a way to deal with smaller numbers without loosing the same proportion of the original fraction. In other words it means to find an equivalent fraction where the numerator and denominator are as small as possible.

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Equivalent fractions

Equivalent fractions are two or more fractions which express the same value ( the same ratio ) but are written in a total different. Like when you dress up in a costume it's still you but you look differently!

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