A STARTING POINT, MADE FOR YOU

The maths student
toolbox.

Explore shapes, equations, sequences and sample statistics.

INSIDE THE TOOLBOX

9 useful places to start.

Starter collection

Use the method explanations to understand each result and check your own working.

Solve two equations in x and y using their coefficients.

Solve a single equation of the form ax + b = c.

Solve ax² + bx + c = 0, including complex roots.

Find a term and partial sum of a constant-step sequence.

Find a term and finite sum of a constant-ratio sequence.

Find the area, perimeter and radii of a regular polygon.

Calculate a simple polygon’s area from ordered coordinates.

Summarise sample variability and the standard error of its mean.

Find an interpolated percentile in a set of numbers.

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