Monthly Archive: November 2014

Direct variation 0

Direct variation

Introduction Direct variation, also known as direct proportionality, describes a specific linear relationship between two variables. By definition, the statement “y varies directly as x” may be expressed mathematically as follows: y=kx where k...

Interest 0

Interest

In this section we will be looking at Interest, we will look at it in three parts: 1) Simple Interest, 2) Simple Interest over Multiple Years and finally 3) Simple Interest over a Fraction...

Factors and multiples 0

Factors and multiples

In this section, we will be looking at factors. When working with numbers, it is important to be able to do a number of operations on them. The basic operations are – multiplication, division,...

Recurrence relationship 0

Recurrence relationship

In this section you will be looking at Recurrence Relations. A Recurrence Relation is an equation which recursively defines a Sequence. You must be able to find the Recurrence Relation for a given Sequence,...