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    Concept Lessons

    Access comprehensive explorations for all concepts in your objective, including problems, helpful visuals, and AI features.

    What you'll find in every lesson:

    High-quality explanations: Each lesson is carefully crafted to help you truly understand the concept, not just memorize it.

    Checkpoint exercises: Practice as you learn with interactive problems designed to reinforce your understanding.

    AI-powered discussions: Engage with thought-provoking questions that help reveal your misconceptions.

    What you'll find in every lesson:

    High-quality explanations: Each lesson is carefully crafted to help you truly understand the concept, not just memorize it.

    Checkpoint exercises: Practice as you learn with interactive problems designed to reinforce your understanding.

    AI-powered discussions: Engage with thought-provoking questions that help reveal your misconceptions.

    Concept Lessons

    Access comprehensive explorations for all concepts in your objective, including problems, helpful visuals, and AI features.

    104 Lessons Available

    What you'll find in every lesson:

    High-quality explanations: Each lesson is carefully crafted to help you truly understand the concept, not just memorize it.

    Checkpoint exercises: Practice as you learn with interactive problems designed to reinforce your understanding.

    AI-powered discussions: Engage with thought-provoking questions that help reveal your misconceptions.

    What you'll find in every lesson:

    High-quality explanations: Each lesson is carefully crafted to help you truly understand the concept, not just memorize it.

    Checkpoint exercises: Practice as you learn with interactive problems designed to reinforce your understanding.

    AI-powered discussions: Engage with thought-provoking questions that help reveal your misconceptions.

    Cartesian plane & lines

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    Distance between two points, midpoint of two points, and finding gradient using two points

    Distance, Midpoint, & Gradient
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    Gradient-intercept form, point-gradient form, vertical lines, horizontal lines, standard form of a line

    Equations of a Line
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    Parallel and perpendicular lines, intersection of 2 straight lines, solving a two-variable system of equations

    Line Intersections & Systems of Equations

    Function Theory

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    Domain and range of functions, function as a model, interval notation

    Functions and their properties

    Powered by Desmos

    Graphing functions with a calculator, characteristics of a function, even and odd functions, x and y intercepts, horizontal and vertical asymptotes, maxima and minima

    Function Graphs
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    Composing functions, inverse functions, graphing and evaluating inverse functions, computing inverses and domain restrictions

    Function Composition & Inverses (Plus Only)

    Modelling

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    Logarithmic scales, linearizing, and log-log or semi-log graphs

    Scaling with Logs
    Thumbnail for Basic Modelling Skills

    Using functions to fit real world data and make predictions

    Basic Modelling Skills
    Thumbnail for Advanced Modelling Skills

    More types of modelling, including natural log, sinusoidal, and logistic. More with piecewise models.

    Advanced Modelling Skills
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    A lesson on direct and inverse proportions.
    Direct and Inverse Proportions

    Exponents & Logarithms

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    Exponents, properties of exponents, and solving exponential equations

    Exponential Algebra
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    Nth roots, fractional and rational exponents, conjugates.

    Radicals and Roots
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    Definition and evaluation of logarithms, properties of logs, e and the natural log, change of base rule

    Logarithm algebra
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    Graphing exponential functions, exponential growth and decay, logarithmic inverse functions.

    Exp & Log functions (Plus Only)

    Approximations & Error

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    Rounding, significant figures, decimal places

    Rounding Numbers

    Powered by Desmos

    Converting numbers to and from scientific notation (a×10k)

    Scientific Notation

    Approximations error bounds

    Error

    Sequences & Series

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    Introduction to the definition, properties, and general term of an arithmetic sequence

    Arithmetic Sequences
    Thumbnail for Geometric Sequences

    Introduction to definition, identification, and general term of geometric sequences

    Geometric Sequences
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    Definition of series, formula for arithmetic series

    Arithmetic Series (Plus Only)
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    Summation notation, properties of sums

    Σ summation notation (Plus Only)

    Powered by Desmos

    Definition and general term of geometric series, finite and infinite series, convergence

    Geometric Series (Plus Only)
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    Working with sequences on a calculator, computations and applications of a calculator

    Sequence Mode (Calculator) (Plus Only)
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    Compound growth, depreciation, interest, inflation, real value

    Compounding (Appreciation & Depreciation) (Plus Only)

    Matrices

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    Introduction to the concept of matrices, their properties, and basic matrix operations.

    Foundations of Matrices
    Thumbnail for Identity, Inverses & Determinants

    The concept of an identity matrix and inverse matrices, and determinants. Finding inverses with technology, or by hand for (2×2) matrices

    Identity, Inverses & Determinants
    Thumbnail for Geometric Transformations with Matrices

    Understanding how (2×2) matrices transform points and shapes on the plane. Explanations of the common IB transformations.

    Geometric Transformations with Matrices
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    Solving and interpreting systems of linear equations through the lens of matrices.

    Systems of equations with Matrices
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    Find eigenvalues & eigenvectors, and using them to diagonalize and find powers of matrices.

    Eigenvalues & Eigenvectors

    Transformations & asymptotes

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    Vertical and horizontal translations, dilations, reflecting over axes

    Linear Transformations
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    Reciprocal functions, quadratic denominators, graphs of rational linear functions

    Rational functions (Plus Only)
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    Graphing absolute value functions, squared functions, piecewise functions, graphing 1/f(x)

    Further Transformations (Plus Only)
    Thumbnail for Modulus & Inequalties

    Absolute value, inequalities of functions

    Modulus & Inequalties (Plus Only)

    2D & 3D Geometry

    Thumbnail for Right angled triangles

    Pythagoras's theorem, SOHCAHTOA, finding side length from angles

    Right angled triangles
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    Sine and cosine rules, finding general area of a triangle

    Non-right-angled triangles (Plus Only)
    Thumbnail for Circles: Radians, arcs and sectors

    Measuring angles in radians, circumference & arc lengths and sector areas

    Circles: Radians, arcs and sectors (Plus Only)
    Thumbnail for Applied triangle geometry

    Angles of elevation and depression, true bearings, projections and more

    Applied triangle geometry
    Thumbnail for 3D solids

    Spheres, cylinders, prisms, right cones, right pyramids, and combinations of solids

    3D solids (Plus Only)

    Voronoi Diagrams

    Thumbnail for Properties of Voronoi Diagrams

    What a Voronoi diagram is, perpendicular bisectors, terminology and construction.

    Properties of Voronoi Diagrams
    Thumbnail for Applications of Voronoi Diagrams

    A deeper dive into common uses of Voronoi diagrams on the IB exam

    Applications of Voronoi Diagrams

    Trig equations & identities

    Thumbnail for Circles: Radians, arcs and sectors

    Measuring angles in radians, circumference & arc lengths and sector areas

    Circles: Radians, arcs and sectors (Plus Only)
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    Sine, cosine & tangent functions in the unit circle

    The Unit Circle

    Powered by Desmos

    Graphs, domain, and range of sinx and cosx, general sinusoidal functions, modeling periodic phenomena, tanx and reciprocal trig functions, inverse trig functions

    Trigonometric Functions
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    Solving equations involving trigonometric functions and understanding solution domains

    Trig Equations (Plus Only)
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    Applications of trigonometric identities such as sin2θ+cos2θ=1, sin2θ=2sinθcosθ and more identities for HL students

    Trigonometric Identities (Plus Only)

    Complex Numbers

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    Arithmetic of complex numbers in cartesian form, including conjugates, and the Argand diagram (complex plane).

    Cartesian form
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    Introduction, definition, and properties of the complex modulus

    Complex Modulus (Plus Only)
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    rcisθ and eiθ

    Mod-arg & Polar forms (Plus Only)
    A lesson on complex phasors.
    Complex Phasors
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    De Moivre's Theorem for powers and roots of complex numbers.

    Powers of Complex Numbers (Plus Only)

    Vectors

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    Addition, subtraction and scalar multiplication, computed algebraically and geometrically

    Vector arithmetic & geometry
    Thumbnail for Scalar and vector products

    Introduction to and applications of vector and scalar products

    Scalar and vector products
    Thumbnail for Equations of a line

    Vector form, cartesian form, parametric form, modeling with vectors

    Equations of a line (Plus Only)
    Thumbnail for Coincident, Parallel, Intersecting & Skew Lines

    Parallel lines in 3D, coincident, skew and intersecting lines

    Coincident, Parallel, Intersecting & Skew Lines (Plus Only)
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    Intersection of a line and plane, angle between line and plane, intersection and angle between two planes, intersection of 3 planes

    Angles and intersections with planes (Plus Only)

    Graph Theory

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    Foundations of Graphs

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    Adjacency matrices & walks

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    Minimum Spanning Trees

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    Chinese Postman Problem

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    Traveling Salesman Problem

    Differentiation

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    The concept (and basic properties) of limits and derivatives

    Limits and Derivatives
    Thumbnail for Differentiation rules

    Power rule, chain rule, product rule, quotient rule, derivatives of ex, ax, loga​(x), trigonometric, and inverse trigonometric functions

    Differentiation rules
    Thumbnail for Tangents and normals

    Definitions of tangent and normal, finding tangent and normal lines to a function

    Tangents and normals (Plus Only)
    Thumbnail for Applications of the First Derivative

    Increasing and decreasing intervals, stationary points (maxima and minima), and optimisation

    Applications of the First Derivative (Plus Only)
    Thumbnail for Second Derivatives and Applications

    Definition of the second derivative, concavity, inflexion points

    Second Derivatives and Applications (Plus Only)
    Thumbnail for n^th Derivative

    Taking the nth derivative, inductive proofs with the nth derivative

    n^th Derivative (Plus Only)
    Thumbnail for Related Rates

    Types of related rates, implicit differentiation

    Related Rates (Plus Only)

    Integration

    Thumbnail for Definite Integrals, Areas, and Basic Anti-Derivatives

    Concept of an integral, areas with definite integrals, and basic anti-derivative solving skills

    Definite Integrals, Areas, and Basic Anti-Derivatives
    Thumbnail for Anti-Derivative Rules

    Antiderivatives of polynomials, trigonometric, inverse trigonometric, exponential, and logarithmic functions

    Anti-Derivative Rules (Plus Only)
    Thumbnail for Techniques of Integration

    The reverse chain rule, integration by substitution, integration by parts, additional strategies

    Techniques of Integration (Plus Only)
    Thumbnail for Kinematics

    Computations involving distance, displacement, velocity, and acceleration

    Kinematics (Plus Only)
    Thumbnail for Volumes of Revolution

    Finding the volume of a solid revolved around a function or axis to create a 3D figure

    Volumes of Revolution (Plus Only)

    Differential Equations

    Thumbnail for Solving Differential Equations

    An introduction to differential equations and how to solve them.

    Solving Differential Equations
    Thumbnail for Euler's Method

    Euler's method as a numerical method for finding particular solutions.

    Euler's Method (Plus Only)
    Thumbnail for Coupled systems

    Solving coupled systems, and visualizing them with phase portraits.

    Coupled systems
    Thumbnail for Second Order Differential Equations

    Solving differential equations with second derivatives using a coupled system technique.

    Second Order Differential Equations

    Probability

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    Theoretical and experimental probability, complementary events, expected number of outcomes, sample space

    Probabilistic Events
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    Venn diagrams, intersection and union of events, conditional probability, independent events

    Combined Events (Plus Only)
    Thumbnail for Dependence

    Tree diagrams, selection with/without replacement, dependence

    Dependence (Plus Only)
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    Bayes' theorem with 2 and 3 events, sum of conditional probabilities

    Bayes' Theorem (Plus Only)

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    Markov Chains

    Descriptive Statistics

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    Understand the basics of population, data collection, and sampling.

    Population & Data
    Thumbnail for Measuring Center

    Learn different ways to measure the "center," or typical values, of a set of data: mean, median, and mode.

    Measuring Center
    Thumbnail for Quartiles and Box & Whisker Plots

    Learn the concept of dispersion, range, IQR, outliers, and box and whisker plots.

    Quartiles and Box & Whisker Plots (Plus Only)
    Thumbnail for Standard Deviation and Variance

    Learn about standard deviation and variance, which we use to measure how tightly or loosely clustered the data is around the mean.

    Standard Deviation and Variance (Plus Only)
    Thumbnail for Frequency Tables, Histograms and cumulative frequency diagrams

    In this lesson, we learn about different ways to visualize frequency data, including tables, histograms, and cumulative frequency diagrams.

    Frequency Tables, Histograms and cumulative frequency diagrams (Plus Only)
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    Regressions of y on x, regressions of x on y, the correlation coefficient r, the rank correlation coefficient rs​, extrapolation and interpolation of data.

    Linear Regression (Plus Only)

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    Data Collection

    Bivariate Statistics

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    Regressions of y on x, regressions of x on y, the correlation coefficient r, the rank correlation coefficient rs​, extrapolation and interpolation of data.

    Linear Regression (Plus Only)

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    Non-linear regression & residuals

    Distributions & Random Variables

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    Introduction and properties of random variables, probability distributions, expected value and variance, linear transformations of r.v.'s

    Discrete random variables
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    Concept of the binomial distribution, binomial PDF and CDF, expectation and variance of binomial distribution

    Binomial Distribution (Plus Only)
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    Introduction and definition of the normal distribution, standard deviations, normal and inverse normal calculations, z-values, normal standardization

    Normal Distribution (Plus Only)
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    The discrete Poisson Distribution for modeling the number of occurrences over a certain interval

    Poisson Distribution
    Thumbnail for Sampling, combinations and CLT

    Understanding how the sums of random variables behave, and how sums of large samples of any random variable is roughly normally distributed.

    Sampling, combinations and CLT

    Inference & Hypotheses

    Thumbnail for Hypothesis Testing and p-values

    Exploring a simplified coin flip example to lay the foundation of null and alternative hypotheses, p-values and significance levels.

    Hypothesis Testing and p-values
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    Testing whether observations fit predictions, and whether events are independent, using a χ² distribution.

    χ² tests
    Thumbnail for Further χ² tests & unbiased estimators

    Using chi squared tests where numerical categories need to be combined, and goodness of fit tests using estimated parameters.

    Further χ² tests & unbiased estimators
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    Using the t-distribution to compare a sample mean to a population mean with unknown variance.

    Student's t-test
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    Z-tests when the standard deviation is known, confidence intervals using Z and T distributions, critical values & regions, type Ⅰ vs ⅠⅠ errors.

    Z-test and Confidence Intervals
    Thumbnail for Binomial & Poisson Tests

    Hypothesis testing using Binomial and Poisson distributions.

    Binomial & Poisson Tests

    Financial Mathematics

    Thumbnail for Compounding (Appreciation & Depreciation)

    Compound growth, depreciation, interest, inflation, real value

    Compounding (Appreciation & Depreciation) (Plus Only)
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    A lesson on loans.
    Loans
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    A lesson on annuities.
    Annuities