Tag: MATHEMATICS

ALGEBRA Algebra is a study which deals with situations whereby some values unknown. Normally these unknown are represented by letters. Those letters are also referred to as variables. Algebraic expression An expression – is a mathematical statement which consists of several variables. An expression can only be simplified, that is…

APPROXIMATIONS Is the process of rounding off a number in the given places in rounding makes numbers easier to deal with but at the same time reduces their accuracy. The methods used for approximation or rounding off numbers are decimal places and significant figures. ROUNDING OFF PROCEDURES i) If the…

FRACTIONS A fraction is a number that can be written in the form of Where a and b are intergers and b 0 The number which is written on top of fraction is called Numerator and the bottom is called denominator e.g Type of fraction (i) Proper fractions – A…

NUMBERS What is numbers? Numbers are symbols or words which represent quantity of something for example in form 1B there are forty four students. i.e. 44 students The numbers are represented by symbols called numerals. Each symbol in a numeral is called a digit. E.g. In 256 there are three…