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Registration and subscriptions / Minimum response times

« on: 13 September, 2018, 12:00:06 pm »

So we can give each and every one of our students the support and guidance they deserve understandably we sadly need to put a limit on the amount of time we spend dealing with your maths and physics-related questions. Therefore, within a single twenty-four hour period, Your Maths Tutor aims to respond to at least one maths or physics-related topic per user up to and including Advanced Higher/A Level standard (beyond Advanced Higher/A Level we can't promise). If you think you need more support than this then please contact us to find out more about our in-person and virtual tutoring services.

Please contact us to learn more!

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Registration and subscriptions / How do I subscribe?

« on: 11 September, 2018, 01:59:53 pm »

Gaining access to the Your Maths Tutor message boards is a two step process:

1. Click here to register - all you need to do is answer a few simple questions and prove that you're human.
2. Log in and next to your profile picture (top of the screen) you'll see the 'Paid subscriptions' link:



Click on the 'Paid subscriptions' link and follow the instructions. Different subscription periods are available - 7 day access is available for just £5.

Once subscribed you'll have complete access to the maths and physics message boards.

If you encounter any issues the please do get in touch!

Admin

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About the Members Only Boards / What are the Members Only boards?

« on: 11 September, 2018, 11:17:14 am »

Are you sitting Scottish SQA maths or physics exams? Are you confused by today's class work or stuck with a homework problem? Are you wanting some help with your maths or physics studies but don't want (or can't afford) to pay for ongoing tuition? If so then the Your Maths Tutor message boards are the ideal solution. Registration is free and a paying a small subscription fee gives you access to National 4 and 5, Higher and Advanced Higher message boards where you can explain your issue and get detailed support and guidance both from Your Maths Tutor directly and from other members.

Subscribers have full access to the following boards:

• Maths and Physics SOS
• National 4 and 5 Mathematics
• Higher Mathematics
• Advanced Higher Mathematics
• National 4 and 5 Physics
• Higher Physics
• Advanced Higher Physics

Prices start at £7 for 7 days access. Cheaper rate, longer access period subscriptions are available.

Note that all Your Maths Tutor students (either in-person or virtual) are automatically members and can get free, ongoing access to the message boards.

If you need any more information then please visit the Your Maths Tutor contact pages and feel free to get in touch 

Admin 

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General Chit Chat / Latest Maths Challenge on the Your Maths Tutor Facebook page

« on: 13 July, 2018, 05:05:00 pm »

Hi all,

We've just posted the latest Maths Challenge on our Your Maths Tutor Facebook page: this week it's a Prime Number Maths Challenge. Part of the challenge is how you can prove that a number is prime. Perhaps you have an idea? Or maybe you're not sure and would like a little guidance. If you're not sure then register on this forum here and we can all work on it together.

Do you follow us on Facebook? If not then please do pop over to the YourMathsTutor Facebook page and follow us. The more of us there are then the more we can help each other.

Take care,

Ian.

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General Chit Chat / Re: Say "Hello" and Introduce Yourself

« on: 03 July, 2018, 02:41:30 pm »

Hi agraham and many thanks for joining!

If you're stuck on any questions as you're working through your revision then please feel free to post them here and I'll be only to happy to help

Cheers,

Ian.

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General Chit Chat / Say "Hello" and Introduce Yourself

« on: 30 June, 2018, 01:22:27 pm »

Hi there and thanks for visiting this forum

This is the general chit-chat board, where you can talk about anything you like. Mainly, we'd love you to say "hi" and tell us a little bit more about yourself. Oh and don't worry because we're not going to collect data on what food you like or try to use some clever profiling to determine how we think you're going to vote. Remember: what gets said in the Community Hub stays in the community hub

Thanks again and we hope you like it here,

Ian

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General Chit Chat / How do I write maths notation in a post?

« on: 23 June, 2018, 10:06:03 pm »

We've had a good think about the best ways of inputting maths and science notation - which using a laptop or mobile phone keyboard is not a straightforward ask. There are currently three ways of writing maths notation directly in a post...

The first method is to use \( \LaTeX \). This is a special typesetting language that's easy to learn (see the Learn \( \LaTeX \) in 30 minutes guide for details).

For example, say I want to write the fraction a half like this:
\[ \frac{1}{2} \]
... so that it actually looks like a fraction. To achieve this then in \( \LaTeX \) I would write the following code:

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\frac{1}{2}.

In order to tell the forum that this is \( \LaTeX \) we need to surround the code with special tags like this:

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[latex]...[/latex]
So, the following:

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[latex]\frac{1}{2}[/latex]
... is rendered as:

\[ \frac{1}{2} \]

If you want the notation to appear in a line of text (like this: \( y=mx+c \) then use the 'inline' flag like this:

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[latex=inline]y=mx+c[/latex]
The second method is to use the built-in \( \LaTeX \) editor based on fMath - see the button with the '\( \pi \) and pencil' icon in the text editor when you write your post. I'm in the process of writing a blog post on this feature so there'll be more information on this soon!

The third method is to write out your question, take a photo and then attach it to a post using the Attachments and other options settings underneath the text editor. This is the easiest option but watch out for the file size limit.

As ever, if you have any questions then please ask!

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About the Members Only Boards / Where do I post my question?

« on: 23 June, 2018, 02:59:18 pm »

This is a UK-based forum - specifically Scotland - so once you've joined you'll find boards listed under the Scottish (SQA) National 4/5/Higher and Advanced Higher categories. But there is a "Maths and Physics SOS!" category, too, where you can post any general problems. If you're not sure where to post the please do feel free to ask. If we think you might have posted to the wrong place then we'll let you know and move it for you.

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News and Updates / Welcome to the launch of the Your Maths Tutor Maths and Science Cooperative

« on: 23 June, 2018, 02:51:40 pm »

Welcome !

Because not everyone wants (or indeed can afford ) to pay for ongoing maths and science tuition, we have created this low cost subscription forum to help you with any maths or physics-related problem you might have. Why a forum? Because we believe that the best way to learn is together as part of a supportive community. To that end if you're reading this post as a guest then please join the forum by registering here. If you're already registered then please subscribe and say "hi!" on the General Chit Chat board and tell us a little bit about yourself.

Ultimately we would like to provide this service for free but we are starting with a subscription model so that, hopefully, ongoing server and maintenance costs will eventually be covered.

Thanks for calling by and please do spread the word!

YourMathsTutor