What's New
New cross multiplication practice. Minor bug fixes.
App Description
A power learning aid combines Guides, Practice and Coaching Calculators to help students master rational expression or rational fraction simplification and rational equation solving.
Rational expression Practice and Coaching Calculators take you step-by-step through the simplification of expressions such as :
(6x³ + 7x² - 1)/(2x² + 3x + 1)
(x² + 6x + 8)/(x + 2)
(x² - 5x + 6)/(14 + 3x - 5x²)
(3x - 9)/(6x - 12)
Detailed steps :
- Factoring out numeric or algebraic factors
- Factoring linear numerators/denominators
- Factoring quadratic numerators/denominators
- Factoring cubic numerators/denominators
- Dividing out or canceling common factors
Rational equation Practice takes you step-by-step through the solving of equations such as :
(5x + 3)/4 + (1 + 3x)/5 = 4/5
2/(3x²) + 5/x = 3/(4x)
1/(3x + 6) - 3/(5x² + 8x - 4) = -5/(15x - 6)
(2x - 1)/(3x + 2) - (1 - x)/(6x² + 7x - 2) = 7/20
Detailed steps :
- Factoring denominators
- Finding Least Common Denominator (LCD)
- Multiplying through by LCD or making each term have LCD
- Solving resulting linear or quadratic equation
The Guide also covers the addition and subtraction of rational expressions such as
3/(x + 1) + 2x/(x² - 6x - 7)
and the multiplication and division of rational expressions such as
(x² - 1)/(9x² - 1) * (6x + 2)/(3x² - 3x).
App Changes
- June 25, 2011 New version 2.2
- October 19, 2011 New version 3.0
- July 04, 2012 New version 4.0
- September 27, 2012 New version 4.1
- February 28, 2013 New version 4.2
- September 26, 2013 New version 5.0
- March 13, 2015 New version 6.0
- September 26, 2015 New version 6.1
- November 05, 2016 New version 7.0
- June 13, 2019 New version 7.5
- September 27, 2019 New version 7.6
- January 13, 2020 Price decrease: $0.99 -> FREE!
- January 21, 2020 New version 7.7
- January 28, 2020 New version 7.8
- January 28, 2020 Price increase: FREE! -> $0.99
- September 29, 2021 New version 8.1