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Purplemath: Converting Between Decimals, Fractions, and Percents

For Students 9th - 10th
Scroll down to just below the middle of the lesson for an in-depth lesson on converting fractions to percents. Works through numerous examples step by step and shows what happens when the "decimal expansion" doesn't end when converting.
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Purplemath: Composition of Functions: Composing Functions With Functions

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Explanations and examples of composing functions with functions.
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Purplemath: Quartiles, Boxes, and Whiskers

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Explains how to construct a simple box-and-whisker plot, and demonstrates the steps. Discusses quartiles and medians, shows how to find them, and explains how they relate to box-and-whisker plots.
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Purplemath: Using Identities to Evaluate

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Demonstrates how to evaluate trigonometric functions by using trig identities.
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Purplemath: Trigonometric Identities

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Lists the basic trigonometric identities, and specifies the set of trig identities to keep track of, as being the most useful ones for calculus.
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Purplemath: Ratios

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Explains the basic terminology and formatting of ratios, and demonstrates how to solve typical exercises.
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Purplemath: Right Triangle Word Problems

For Students 9th - 10th
Demonstrates how to translate, set up, and solve basic right-triangle word problems.
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Purplemath: Rounding and Significant Digits

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Explains how to round to a given number of "significant digits".
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Purplemath: Solving Simple (To Medium Hard) Trig Equations

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Introduces techniques for solving trigonometric equations. Provides worked examples of solving some simpler to medium-hard equations.
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Purplemath: Stem and Leaf Plots

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Explains how to create a stem-and-leaf plot from a data set. Demonstrates how to format a clear stem-and-leaf plot.
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Purplemath: The Unit Circle

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Relates the unit circle to the method for finding trig ratios in any of the four quadrants. Demonstrates how the unit circle might be useful.
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Purplemath: Venn Diagrams

For Students 9th - 10th
Introduces the basic terminology of Venn diagrams, and shows how to "populate" and read Venn diagrams.