What's New
New Lesson: SubstitutionTap on a variable to activate substitution.
Quick Elimination: Draw a line through two elements to automatically find the common factor.
Lesson Menu: New icon in the toolbar to access the list of lessons and jump to one of your choice.
**Substitution is in the middle of the lessons, not at the end!***
Also bug fixes and performance improvements. Confirmed to work with the iPad 2's mirroring functionality.
App Description
Have you forgotten most of your algebra? Algebra Touch refreshes your skills using techniques only possible on your iOS device.Say you have x + 3 = 5. You can drag the 3 to the other side of the equation.
Enjoy the wonderful conceptual leaps of algebra, without getting bogged down by the tedium of traditional methods.
Drag to rearrange, tap to simplify, and draw lines to eliminate identical terms.
Distribute by sliding terms across the sum, and Factor them back out by dragging them together.
Easily switch between lessons and randomly-generated practice problems.
Create your own problems or edit current ones.
Current material covers:
Simplification, Like Terms, Commutativity, Order of Operations, Factorization, Prime Numbers, Elimination, Isolation, Variables, Basic Equations, Distribution, Factoring Out, Substitution, and 'More Advanced' mode.
Made possible with support from the Percepts and Concepts Laboratory of Indiana University, Bloomington, and the Cave Lab at the University of Richmond.
Research supported by the Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education, through Grant R305A110060 University of Richmond.
Questions? Comments? Contact sean@regularberry.com
Quotes from users:
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"I'm 48. I've wanted to learn Algebra my whole life.
Tried all kinds of books, to no avail.
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"...thank you for this app because it really helps me with the homework for my kids." - Melvin
App Changes
April 21, 2012 Price Decrease: $2.99 -> $1.99
April 13, 2012 Price Decrease: $2.99 -> $0.99
July 21, 2011 New version 1.3
August 02, 2010 Initial Release



