Posts Tagged ‘highest’
Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
How to Make a Box-and-Whisker Plot
Description
A detailed tutorial on how to make a box-and-whisker plot. Step by step tutorial including several examples of how to make a box-and-whisker plot for reference.
Overview
A box-and-whisker plot is named for it’s resemblance to a cat’s face – the box is the face of the cat, and the lines extending out from either side are known as whiskers. Sometimes box-and-whisker plots are simply called box plots. They are used to graph sets of numbers according to five values: the highest value, known as the maximum, the second highest value, known as the upper quartile, the median, or the middle, the second lowest value, known as the lower quartile, and the lowest value, known as the minimum. The box centers around the median and the whiskers extend out to the other numbers.
Tags: algebra, box, box-and-whisker, boxplot, diagram, graph, highest, line, lower, lowest, maximum, median, middle, minimum, plot, quartile, upper, value, whisker
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Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
How to Find the Degrees of Polynomials
Description
A detailed tutorial on degrees of polynomials. Step by step tutorial including several examples of degrees of polynomials for reference.
Overview
The degree of a polynomial is the highest power found in it. For example, in your normal quadratic equation, the degree is two, because the highest power – the highest number found in an exponent – is a two. In other polynomials, the degree may be something different. No matter what order the variables and their powers are placed in, the degree is always the highest one. For example. the degree of x^2 + x + 7 is exactly the same as x + 7 + x^2.
Tags: algebra, coefficient, degree, equation, exponent, highest, polynomial, power, quadratic, variable
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Friday, October 30th, 2009
Introduction to the Euclidean Algorithm
Description
A detailed tutorial on the Euclidean algorithm. Step by step tutorial including several examples of the Euclidean algorithm for reference.
Overview
The Euclidean algorithm, sometimes referred to as Euclid’s algorithm, is the most efficient way of determining the greatest common factor of two numbers. The greatest common factor of two numbers is the largest number that divides them both evenly. The Euclidean algorithm is used in a series of steps – it follows a pattern that helps to find numbers and their factors with accuracy.
Tags: algebra, algorithm, common, divides, divisor, Euclid, Euclidean, evenly, factor, greatest, highest, negative, pattern, positive, remainder, steps
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Friday, September 18th, 2009
How to Order Numeric Expressions
Description
A detailed tutorial on the ordering of numeric expressions. Step by step tutorial including several examples of how to order numeric expressions for reference.
Overview
Ordering numeric expressions is something most of you should be familiar with. When you order numbers, or numeric expressions, you either order them from the lowest number to the highest number or from the highest number to the lowest number. It’s not difficult if you know how to count. But what if you’re faced with an array of decimals, percents, mixed numbers, and fractions? How do you know which number goes where? You need to convert them all to the same – decimals are the easiest when you are converting numbers so you can order them. Then after you order them, simply replace the ones you converted back to the values that were given.
Tags: arithmetic, convert, decimals, expressions, fractions, highest, lowest, Math, mixed numbers, numbers, numeric, order, ordering numeric expressions, percents
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