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Two groups, one question Some word problems describe two groups and then ask you to compare them. The clue words are "how many more" and "how many fewer". Sam has 8 stickers, Ana has 5. How many more does Sam have? There are two amounts, an
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Mathematics · L1 · Comparison Word Problems: More & Fewer
A fact family is a group of three numbers and the addition and subtraction facts you can make from them. For 4, 5, and 9, the fact family is 4+5=9, 5+4=9, 9-4=5, and 9-5=4.
Words that say where In front of and behind In a line at school, the person in front of you is nearer the front and the person behind is nearer the back. One thing can be described several ways at once. A dog can be behind a tree, hidden on
A good guess, on purpose Sometimes you don't need the exact number. Estimating means looking at a group and deciding ABOUT how many there are, without counting each one. Benchmark numbers A benchmark is a number you know well by sight. Pict
The vectors a matrix doesn't turn Most vectors get rotated and stretched by a matrix. A few only get stretched. Those are the eigenvectors, and the stretch factor is the eigenvalue. Finding them For a 2×2 matrix the characteristic polynomia
State the three Kolmogorov axioms of probability.1 / 10
1) P(A) ≥ 0 for all events A. 2) P(Ω) = 1 (the sample space has probability 1). 3) For mutually exclusive events: P(A₁ ∪ A₂ ∪ …) = ΣP(Aᵢ). All other probability rules follow from these.
Why you need new formulas The Pythagorean identity relates sin and cos of the SAME angle. It says nothing about sin(45° + 30°). The sum and difference formulas The cosine sign flip is the detail most people misremember. Sine keeps your sign
A system is two conditions at once Two equations, same variables. A solution has to satisfy BOTH. Each equation is a line. The solution is where they cross, so solving algebraically just finds that crossing point without drawing. Substituti
Four words for how likely Some things always happen. Some never do. Most are somewhere in between, and four words cover the whole range. Sorting everyday events Putting events in order Start with the ones that can never happen, then the one
Mod is the remainder For a whole number a and a positive n, a mod n is what's left over after dividing. It always lands between 0 and n − 1. The clock is the picture A 12-hour clock counts to 12 then wraps back to 1. Adding hours is additio
What form does a two-step equation take, and what does that mean?1 / 8
A two-step equation looks like ax + b = c — a number multiplied by x, plus or minus another number, equals a total. To solve it you make exactly two moves: undo the addition or subtraction first, then undo the multiplication or division.