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Power notation 2020-04-26
From Aditi:
The power notation of -1 / 128
Answered by Penny Nom.
A function problem 2019-12-12
From akash:
if (2,1) is on the f(x), what is the coordinate of the corresponding point of -2(f(2x-6)+5?
Answered by Penny Nom.
Sigma notation 2019-12-04
From Kenneth:

What would be used for the top and bottom indices for the sigma sign in my example shown below?
If the amounts were 1 + 2 + 3, the top index would be 3 and the bottom would be i = 1, but if the amounts are 1 + 2 + 4, or 1 + 0.05 + 1/3, what would the indices be since these amounts are in an uneven pattern.

I thank you for your reply and explanation


Answered by Harley Weston.
f(x + 2) 2019-02-26
From a student:
How do you use f(x) = 3x+1 to determine the transformed function of f(x + 2)?
Answered by Penny Nom.
Function notation 2019-02-10
From Paige:
What is the difference between f(x+2) and f(x)+2?
Answered by Penny Nom.
I was wondering what xy means. 2015-09-30
From Eric:
I was wondering what xy means. My two things I think it means are the two digits of x and y or x times y. thanks for your time, Eric
Answered by Penny Nom.
Exponential notation 2014-11-27
From Jaqui:
May sound super easy, but how would you SHOW that you simplified 3x3 to the power of 2 (the little 2)?

thank you!

Jaqui

Answered by Penny Nom.
What does y= f(x) actually mean? 2013-12-31
From John:

I don't understand how to pick coordinates for y=f(x).

I took a look at your answer to a previous question here:

http://mathcentral.uregina.ca/QQ/database/QQ.09.00/monica2.html

What does y= f(x) actually mean?


Answered by Penny Nom.
Matrices 2013-11-10
From Ricky:
Why must we have brackets around matrices. Why don't we just neatly write an array of entries cross-wise and up and down to indicate a particular matrix?
Answered by Chris Fisher.
Notation for the second derivative 2012-02-06
From Shafira:
In all math textbooks, it is written that d/dx ( d/dx) (y)= d2y/dx2. Why do they write it as d2y/dx2, not as d2y/d2x2?
Answered by Robert Dawson.
What does 2xy mean? 2011-12-07
From dana:
I don't know what is 2xy what does that mean? is it 2x+2y or 2x times y Please help! thank you for your time!! :)
Answered by Penny Nom.
Exponential form? 2011-08-30
From Emily:
I have a 6th grader that needs to find out what is the exponential form of 461,885,811
Answered by Penny Nom.
Exponential form 2011-08-23
From kiara:
The African bush elephant is the largest land animal and weighs about 8 tons . Write the amount in exponential form .
Answered by Robert Dawson.
Set notation 2011-01-10
From Ron:
The question asked in a handout:

8k - 5 < 35, keI

I believe the answer to k is 5. But what does the k e(E) I mean in this?

Answered by Harley Weston.
(x+1)(x+2)(x+3)/(x+1)(x+2) 2010-05-19
From Nazrul:
Simplify : (x+1)(x+2)(x+3)/(x+1)(x+2)
Which answer is correct:
(i) x+3
(ii) (x+2)^2(x+3)
Please help me.

Answered by Harley Weston.
divide the product of 'x' and '3y' by '2z' 2010-01-19
From shradheya:
write all fall using variable ,number, and basic operation

1. divide the product of 'x' and '3y' by '2z'.

Answered by Penny Nom.
Exponential form 2009-08-31
From cecil:
what is the exponent form 564000?
Answered by Stephen La Rocque and Harley Weston.
The area of a rectangle 2009-08-21
From roxanne:
the dimensions of the rectangle: 3x length and 4x width. What is the area of the rectangle in square units?
Answered by Penny Nom.
2+6+12+20+30+42 2009-04-24
From fredy:
what is the sigma notation for the series 2+6+12+20+30+42?
Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
Find the product of 2^35 and 5^38 in sci. notation. 2008-08-03
From Peter:
I am preparing for a competition and a lot of the non-calculator problems are like find the product of 2^35 and 5^38 in sci. notation. How would you do that?
Answered by Penny Nom.
Sum of Digits 2008-07-24
From Warren:
If 100^25-25 is written in decimal notation, what is the sum of digits?
Answered by Penny Nom.
Exponential form 2008-07-03
From Kent:
How to write 8 365 005 106 in expanded and exponential form? May I request you also to explane how does it solve.
Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
Scientific notation 2008-06-11
From ASTRID:
how can you solve the following problem...
the mean distance between the sun & plut0 is about 3,700,000,000 miles. write this distance in scientific notation?

Answered by Penny Nom.
Sigma notation 2008-01-06
From jamelia:
what is this word problem in sigma style i am so lost at this point my first time ever attempting this subject 1+2+3+4+5
Answered by Penny Nom.
Exponential form 2007-11-30
From Sasha:
How do I write the number 127398 in exponential for?
Answered by Penny Nom.
Exponential form: x^y 2007-06-22
From Kishor:
whats the easy way to calculate X raised to Y where y is much greater than x.
Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
A thousand, is it M or K? 2007-05-01
From Larry:
I have heard that Million is annotated as MM. But Ihave heard two answers for Thousands (K, M). Which is correct?
Answered by Penny Nom.
Scientific notation 2007-04-17
From Cynthia:
Hi I was wondering if their was a shorter way to figure out this problem... The answer has to be in scientific notation.

A machine in a soft drink bottling factory caps 3 bottles per second.
How many bottles can it cap in 15 hours?
3,600 (forgot how I got that) multiplied by 15= 54,000
54,000 multiplied by 3 = 16,2000
answer 1.6times 10^5

Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
Scientific notation 2007-03-05
From mackenzie:
How would you answer this question? Write 0.000661 in scientific notation?
Answered by Sara Ulmer.
y = 5 x - 3 2007-01-10
From Richard:
Question is the function y = 5 x - 3 for the given value of x 7 , 1 or 4
Answered by Stephen La Rocque and Penny Nom.
Sigma notation 2006-12-05
From Marie:
how do i get this in sigma notation...i only need an explanation 1^2 + (2+3)^2 + (4+5+6)^2 + (7+8+9+10)^2....
Answered by Penny Nom.
100, 000 or 100 000 2005-11-21
From Jacqui:
I am a parent of a grade 6 student and need to confirm that commas are no longer used when writing numbers (the Canadian method). For example, how do you write one hundred thousand? 100, 000 or 100 000
Answered by Diane Hanson and Harley Weston.
The series from i=1 to n :ai 2004-08-18
From Ken:
a.) Explain the difference between
the series from i=1 to n :ai
and the series j=1 to n :aj


b.) Explain the difference between
the series from i=1 to n:ai
and the series from i=1 to n :aj

Answered by Penny Nom.
The horizontal fraction bar 2004-05-27
From Kashia:
What is the name of the bar that separates a numerator and that denominator?
Answered by Penny Nom.
Notation 2003-09-15
From Kim:

Question:
i have a couple of questions

1. write in standard form
a)4x2x8 b) 5 to the power of 4

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Answered by Penny Nom.
Scientific notation 2003-03-20
From A student:
what is one millionth times one thousand in scientific notation.
Answered by Penny Nom.
Exponential notation 2002-10-19
From Ivy:
I understand how to figure out for example 4 to the power of 3,what I don't understand is how to figure it out using both negative numbers and negative exponents,as an exaple -4 to the power of 6 and what makes this different that (-5) to the power of 7,please help me if you can.I am an adult taking correspondence and finding it quite frustrating.
Answered by Penny Nom.
Inequalities 2001-11-13
From Pat:
When writing the solution to an inequality, why is the solution written in set notation? {x/ }
Answered by Penny Nom.
Exponential form 2001-06-06
From A student:
Hello can u please answer my question what is the exponent form of 8x8x8x8
Answered by Penny Nom.
Repeating decimal notation 2000-12-31
From Clarende Duby:
I have seen single repeating decimals for ex. 1/3 = 0.3 with the dot above the 3 to represent the repeating decimal. Then, there is the more common form of the bar over the top of the repeating number or group of numbers (called the period?). Which notation is correct?
Answered by Penny Nom.
Scientific notation 2000-12-12
From Guy:
How do I express 1.000.000 in scientific notation?
Answered by Harley Weston.
Notation 1999-09-03
From Judy Gray:
My name is Judy Gray. I guess the level on this would be about middle school, and I am an other!! I've been out of school for alot of years. I have a couple of questions, I guess.
  1. What does an equal (=) with a slash through it mean? I put intersects, but I think I'm wrong.

  2. What is the symbol of a small n? Only the symbol is wider. Example: If A = {1.2} B = {2,3} then what is A (n) B? Can you make sense out of that?

  3. What is the equation of the y-axis?

Answered by Penny Nom.
Scientific Notation 1998-10-07
From R. Pierce:
Help! How do you express the following numbers in scientific(exponential)notation:0.00036 and 2998000000. I understand how to solve them if it was an equation, but this is confusing me. Please help me answer my questions. Thank you.
Answered by Harley Weston.
Repeating decimals 1996-09-09
From Alice:
What is the line called that is placed over the decimal to show that it is infinitely repeating?
Answered by The Centralizer.
La valeur absolue 2008-02-09
From Elodie:
que signifie la notation x entre 2 traits verticaux?
Answered by Claude Tardif.
 
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