The Math Contest

The Math Contest is back from Ole Miss University.  They put up a weekly question on Monday morning at 9 am EST.  If you get it correct they post your name.  When I taught math, I would use the question for a bonus mark.  The first person that had their name on the list and could also explain to me how they got their answer would get a bonus mark.  The website can be found by clicking here.   Yours truly made had one of the top 10 quickest answers up this week.

Photomath

From their website, "Photomath is a mobile application described as a "camera calculator", which utilizes a phone's camera to recognize mathematical patterns and to display the solution directly onscreen. It is available for free on Google Android and iOS"

I have utilized this app on my phone and it works well with typed questions and even on my hand written questions.  Not only will it show you a solution but will show you the steps used to get the solution algebraically and graphically.  This works from basic arithmetic through trigonometry and Calculus.  To see the webpage click here.  The downloads can be found for iOS by clicking here  and for Android by clicking here.