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Educational Math Apps for High School Students
Author: By Med Kharbach, PhD
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In this post, I share with you another list of useful math apps for high school students. The apps will help students tackle their math problems in various areas including We included apps algebra, geometry, calculus, graphing and calculation. I invite you to check them out and share with us your feedback.
1. Mathway
Mathway is a math calculator to help students solve their problems in areas such as algebra, graphing, calculus, and more. The way it works is simple and easy: point the camera of your mobile device and take a picture or type in a math problem and Mathway provides step-by-step solutions.
You can also use the app’s voice to text feature to dictate math problems and get them converted to text. Mathway covers various math topics including basic math/pre-algebra, trigonometry, precalculus, calculus, statistics, among others.
2. Khan Academy
Khan Academy provides a huge library of educational resources to help students with their homework. These resources include video lessons, interactive exercises, in-depth articles, and several other materials covering subjects such as Math, Science, Economics, History, Language learning, and more.
Other interesting features provided by Khan Academy app include: practice exercises, tests with instant feedback and hints, download videos to watch when offline, pick up where you left off, and many more.
3. Photomath
Photomath is another great app to help students with their math homework. The way it works is simple: students point the camera of their mobile device at a math problem to scan it, and the app provides instructions and step by step explanations of the solution to the problem.
The app makes use of animated tutorials, and interactive graphs.
Photomath covers various math topics including basic math/pre-Algebra, Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry, Calculus, Statistics, and more. Other interesting features provided by the app include: word problem explanations, exclusive how-to-animations, multiple solving methods per problem, multi-functional scientific calculator, and many more.
4. Gauthmath
Gauthmath is an android app that provides students access to private tutors to help them with their math homework. Students can also take photos of their math problems and use the app’s scanner to find answers and detailed guides.
“Besides allowing you to easily scan math problems, Gauthmath homework solver app has thousands of helpers and math solution experts. Once they got your math problem photo, the dedicated math helper will answer instantly with a step-by-step solution. Get math answers anywhere, anytime, 24/7.”
5. Microsoft Math Solver
Math Solver from Microsoft is a powerful Android app students can use to find answers to their math homework. The way it works is simple: students type in their math question on screen or use the camera of their device to snap a math photo. Microsoft Math Solver recognizes the problem provides help with solving it using step by step explanations, video tutorials, interactive graphs, and more.
6. Cymath
Cymath is an excellent Android Math problem solver that students can use to get help with their math homework. Students type in their math problems and Cymath helps with explaining solutions to the problem. The app covers both Algebra and Calculus. “Topics in algebra include: equation solving, factoring, logarithms, exponents, complex numbers, quadratic equations, trigonometry, partial fraction, polynomial division, etc.
Topics in calculus include: product rule, quotient rule, chain rule, u-substitution, integration by parts, integration by partial fraction, trigonometric substitution, rationalizing substitution, and much more.”
7. IXL
IXL is another great math app for high school students. IXL offers personalized learning in math, language arts, science, social studies, and Spanish. Its preK-12 math curriculum offers students the required resource to hone in their math skills ‘from skip-counting with pictures to graphing quadratic functions, students interact with dynamic problem types that bring each concept to life. And with unlimited questions to explore, students can practice as much as they need to master each skill, and never see the same problem twice.’
8. MathStudio
MathStudio is a powerful symbolic graphing calculator for high school students. It provides several sophisticated calculating features including an intuitive interface with hundreds of mathematical functions that cover different math topics such as pre-algebra, algebra, trigonometry, pre-calculus, calculus, statistics, and many more.
9. Apps for writing math equations
Here is a collection of some very good math apps for high school students to help them with writing math equations. Check them out to learn more.