LibGuides: Tutoring Center: Mathematics Tutoring

Welcome!

In this changing world, those who understand and can do mathematics will have significantly enhanced opportunities and options for shaping their futures. . . . All students should have the opportunity and the support necessary to learn significant mathematics with depth and understanding.

NCTM (2000, p. 50)

Mathematics can open many doors but can be a challenge. The Mathematics division at CVCC recognizes this and is committed to providing quality instruction in a supportive learning environment. Highly-qualified full-time and adjunct faculty, as well as math tutoring center personnel, devote much time and energy, both in the classroom and out, to help students make sense of and even enjoy mathematics.

Students should visit the MTC early and often!

Why is Mathematics Important?

Mathematics is used in many areas of our lives.

Mathematics helps us to have analytical thinking.
Mathematics helps us manage money.
Mathematics helps balance a checkbook.
Mathematics helps prepare food (cooking and baking).
Mathematics helps to figure out distance, time, and cost for travel.
Mathematics helps understanding loans for cars, trucks, boats, homes, schooling, and etc.
Mathematics helps understand sports (being a player and team statistics).
Mathematics helps in home decorating.
Mathematics helps in sewing.
Mathematics helps in gardening and landscaping.

Handouts

Frequently Used Formulas

Mathematics Tutoring

Book Shelf

The link below will provide you with some books located in the Owen Hall Library and Learning Resource Center that you can use to help you with your Mathematics questions.

Mathematics Tutoring Book Shelf

Open Resources for Community College Algebra (ORCCA)

Using Tutoring Services

When you enter the Tutoring Center, use the QR code located near each door to sign in for services.

Fun with Math

Quote of the Month

"You must do the things you think you cannot do."

--Eleanor Roosevelt

Vocabulary

Fibonacci Sequence

Named after Italian number theorist Leonardo Pisano Fibonacci, it's a sequence beginning with a 0 and 1 whereby each number is the sum of the two numbers preceding it.

Examples:

https://mathvault.ca/math-glossary/#canonical

For example, "0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34..." is a Fibonacci sequence.

Sunflowers are another famous example of Fibonacci at work in nature. Particularly, the arrangement of seedheads on sunflowers often takes on Fibonacci numbers. For example, if 34 seed rows curve clockwise, then either 21 or 55 seed rows will spiral the other way.

Courtesy: discovermagazine.com

Fun Fact

Most mathematical symbols weren’t invented until the 16th century. Before that, equations were written in words.

Courtesy: whizz.com

Problem of the Month

Robbie is trying to simplify his summer wardrobe. He always wears a pair of

shorts, a shirt, and a hat. He has:

3 pairs of shorts in the colors of red, grey, and yellow
3 shirts in the colors of red, white, and green
3 hats in the colors of yellow, purple, and white

How many different combinations of a pair of shorts, a shirt, and a hat can he

put together so that each item is of a different color?

Courtesy: University of Waterloo

Mathematics Help

Khan Academy
Khan Academy offers practice exercises, instructional videos, and a personalized learning dashboard that empower learners to study at their own pace in and outside of the classroom. We tackle math, science, computer programming, history, art history, economics, and more. Our math missions guide learners from kindergarten to calculus using state-of-the-art, adaptive technology that identifies strengths and learning gaps. We’ve also partnered with institutions like NASA, The Museum of Modern Art, The California Academy of Sciences, and MIT to offer specialized content.
Math Planet
Math planet is an online resource where one can study math for free. Take our high school math courses in Pre-algebra, Algebra 1, Algebra 2 and Geometry. We have also prepared practice tests for the SAT and ACT.
The educational material is focused on US high school maths. However, since maths is the same all over the world, we welcome everybody to study math with us, for free.
She Loves Math
Finally! A free math site with a practical approach and happens to include more girls’ examples. And, even better, a site that covers math topics from before kindergarten through high school.

And why is this website called “She Loves Math“? Because I truly love math!

This web site all started when, at the request of several of my math students, I was asked to “write down” several of the hints that I use when explaining math to them.
VirtualNerd
Virtual Nerd was originally developed as a supplemental learning resource for teachers and students, with a focus on middle school and high school mathematics.

In early 2008 an expert tutor and a designer began exploring the use of interconnected instructional videos to help confused math students. Acquired by Pearson in mid 2013, Virtual Nerd’s technology and expansive library of instructional content is now available to millions of teachers and students around the world.
Yay Math!
“Yay Math uses humor and positivity to conquer longstanding fears of math, in order to enable math success for everyone in the world.” —Robert Ahdoot, TEDx AJU, April 2012.

Tutoring Center

Contact Information

Hours
Mondays	8:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Tuesdays	8:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Wednesdays	8:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Thursdays	8:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Fridays	8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Saturdays	CLOSED
Sundays	CLOSED
Holidays	CLOSED

Location:

Math Tutors
Math Tutors can be reached by way of Zoom or the email listed below. Students can begin a meeting by visiting https://zoom.us and invite a tutor using the following email address. If your not sure how to setup a zoom meeting, please send an email to the tutor and the tutor will setup the meeting with you. Tutors for this area will join zoom meetings throughout their shifts, and are looking forward to helping students this way.

Email: mathhelp@piratemail.cv.edu