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Using Wolfram|Alpha to Help Your Math Homework

I just finished my Math homework, it’s easy but takes time. A typical Math homework consists full of problems like this:

1. 12 + 4.5
2. 2 * (12 + 5)
3. (45 + 23) / 4
4. 10.5 – 2.8 * -5 + 3
5. -10 – 2

Normally, you could use a calculator. However, it makes you go back and forth between your pen and calculator, which is slow.

If you use Wolfram|Alpha, you could type all problems in one time and press Enter to see all results.

If you don’t know what Wolfram|Alpha is, Wolfram|Alpha is a computational knowledge engine. You enter a question and it will answer it. You can enter a math problem, a sequence of data, a word and more. The URL to Wolfram|Alpha is http://www.wolframalpha.com/.

Because you can enter a sequence of data, you can enter multiple questions at one time, separated by comma.

For example, you could type this to see results of all problems above:

12 + 4.5, 2 * (12 + 5), (45 + 23) / 4, 10.5 – 2.8 * -5 + 3, -10 – 2

If your homework is digital, you can even copy and paste all the questions to Wolfram|Alpha search box.

Tags: Homework, Math, Wolfram|Alpha