Dear Parents and Guardians, At Mathnasium, the well-being of our students and your families is always our first priority. We are keeping up with the latest information on the coronavirus (COVID-19) and wanted to update you on how we are workin..
Welcome to part 2 of our Test Prep session on Order of Operations! How did you do last week? Let’s find out! -2(3-1) + 4 x 3 – 2 = 6 (40 – 18 x 2)3 ÷ 2 – 5 = 27 20 + 3[82 + 5(200 x 4 - 25) – 11] = 11,699 ..
What do Mathnasium students and the creators of the most popular PC game in the world have in common? They both require an understanding of algebra! Thought you’d never have a use for algebra outside of school? Think again! Eric Friedman, a software..
Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally This is a common mnemonic device for remembering PEMDAS, the acronym for order of operations (Parentheses, Exponents, Multiplication and Division, and Addition and Subtraction). According to PEMDAS, solving equations sh..
Next on our list of summer activities is Domino Duel! Addition and multiplication are the operations of choice for this math duel! This game requires a set of dominoes and some addition and multiplication knowledge. To play, have 2 players set the do..
Which of the following gives the equation for the circle in the standard (x,y) coordinate plane with a center at (4, 8) and a radius of 10 units? (x-4)2 + (y-8)2 = 100 (x+4)2 + (y+8)2 = 100 (x-4)2 + (y-8)2 = 10 (x..
Summer is going strong at Mathnasium thanks to our chess workshop! Every Monday-Thursday from noon to 1:00 pm, we host a chess workshop before instruction begins, where students are free to come in and learn the ins and outs of chess. Chess is a timeless ..
In the figure to the left, what is the measure of c? Seeing a right triangle, your first instinct might be to try the Pythagorean theorem. However, with the measure of only one side, we can’t use this method to find c. Our nex..
