Video of the Day " Surface Area of a Hexagonal Prism"

Step by step directions for finding the surface area of a hexagonal prism.
Video Guide
00:11 Definition of a hexagonal prism
0:28 Overview of how to find the surface area
0:31 Formula for finding the area of the base of the prism
0:46 Directions for finding the lateral area
1:04 Looking at the hexagon as if it is layed out flat
1:27 Working an example problem,finding the base area first
3:18 Finding the area of the sides using perimeter times the height
3:58 Adding the base area plus the side area for the surface area

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Video of the Day " New MooMooMath You Tube Trailer

I finally got around to creating a new You Tube trailer for my channel. It is just a basic power point converted to a video, but I think it turned out pretty good

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Video of the Day " Congruent Triangles"

Video explains five methods for proving that triangles are congruent. The five methods for triangle congruence are
SSS Side Side Side

SAS Side Angle Side

ASA Angle Side Angle

AAS Angle Angle Side

HL Hypotenuse Leg
In addition each method has several examples and explains why the triangles are congruent along with tips and guidance from a veteran Geometry teacher.

For more information see:  Congruent Triangles

Video of the Day " Surface area of a cone"

Think of surface area of a cone as how much ice cream you can stuff in an ice cream cone Surface area of a cone explained. The surface area of a cone is found by finding the lateral area and adding this to the base area.

Surface area of a cone

Video of the Day " Perimeter of a Rectangle"

Enjoy these two videos that cover finding the perimeter of a rectangle.

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Video of the Day " Percentage word problems"

The video gives instruction on solving the following percentage word problems:

Thirty students took a Math test. If only five of these students passed the test, what percent failed?

Drew received an 80% on his EOCT Math test. The test had 200 questions on it. How many questions did Drew get incorrect?

There are thirty students in a class. Twenty of those students are female.
What percent of the class are female?

Kate bought a new dress at 85% of the regular price.
After the discount of 85% she paid $20.00 for the dress. What was the regular price?

For more information see Percentage word problems

Video of the Day " Solving word problems using the Pythagorean Theorem"

Word problems that are solved using the pythagorean theorem.

Problem 1. A wire is stretched from the top of a 12 foot pole to a stake 5 feet from the base of the pole. How long is the wire?

Problem 2. Find the height of a parallelogram with sides of 17 units by 15 units.

For more information on solving Pythagorean word problems see:
http://www.moomoomath.com/The-pythagorean-word-problems.html