We're already old hands at dealing with equations. Now we'll be making a lot of new kinds of equations and faux-equations, like inequalities and absolute values. In other sections it'll get even cr...

We here at Shmoop are big fans of equality. It makes life, and math, much easier to deal with. Sometimes, though, we can't escape the inequalities of life.The word "inequality" basically means t...

Which college will you attend? Who knows. Will that cutie in your history class ask you to prom? No clue. Will it rain the night of homecoming? Hopefully not, but it could. Will you beat every l...

The art of determining how and when math can and should be applied in the real world is all about translating. It's helpful to come up with a game plan for figuring out complex word problems and tr...