Hi. I'm a mathematics instructor in Texas. I love to explain math concepts. I think the reason I enjoy it so much is because it is so logical to me. If your thought right now is, "Well, it's not logical to me!", then perhaps this is the channel for you. I try to explain math concepts in a step-by-step process that hopefully guides you to the logical conclusion. My methods are not the only methods. They are just the ones I prefer to use because they have proven to be effective in my 25 years of teaching. I hope you get the help you need from these videos.
you make everything so much more clear in just a 7 min video while my math teacher throws stuff at us and expects us to understand on our own and can’t even bother to make sure we understand thank you so much 😭 ❤
I have seen a lot of videos on the factoring topic but most of them lack explanation, but your video is above all those other videos. Thank you for the clear explanation. A lot of people just race through problems on youtube without explaining much at all, and I had the same problem in HS. The math teacher we had was a arrogant asshole and I learned a lot about him, and how emotional he was and his ways, but not Algebra.
This points out the difference between mathematicians and engineers. Engineers would waste little if any time on factoring, since the desired information is just the roots of the equation. Take the original expression, plug the a, b, and c values into the quadratic formula, determine the roots…done.
The quadratic formula is definitely a viable option...if the students have learned the formula. We mathematicians build knowledge step by step so the students see all the connections. You're right. After all methods are taught, they have the choice as to which would be the fastest way to solve the related equation.
CT, Did you try the steps in my video? After multiplying 6 times 12, and listing the factor pairs (of 72), you see that none of the pairs of factors subtracts to a 7. So, this trinomial isn't factorable. It's prime.
Great illustrations in a lovely pace to understand the steps with clarity of writing organized on the blackboard! Thank you so much dear @RebeccaSavell !
I just wanted to say Ms. Savell, you've been teaching for years and years and years and helped thousands and thousands of kids with math till this day. im about to start my quadratics unit in grade 10 and your videos are so so helpful. they mean so much to me! thank you for doing what you do and impacting my grades so positively :) 💕💕,
