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AI Calculator - Online Homework Helper, Get Step-by-step Answers

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Reviewed:: Dec 28, 2024 by Mathematics

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Overview:

This site is an online AI homework helper, free & instant solve some study problems in middle school, high school and college: Math, Physics, Chemistry, Biology & Science.

The site provides step-by-step solutions to basic math problems.

Type of Material:

Simulation

Recommended Uses:

Individual practice, in-class assignments, homework, group activities.

Technical Requirements:

Internet browser or smartphone. Free version allows for a few questions then you have to pay.

Identify Major Learning Goals:

The purpose of this site is to help users in learning to solve basic math problems by providing step-by-step solutions to equations, expressions or functions which have been entered by the user.

The major learning goal is bluntly said cheating: you scan an equation, select it on the screen or you type it in and it solves it for you, with some tricks like quadratic functions, some inverse functions, some limits. No graphs. You can as well feed some information, like a PDF, and it will let you survey its content, get a summary, ask some questions about the content.

Target Student Population:

Grade School, Middle School, High School, College General Ed, College Lower Division, College Upper Division

Prerequisite Knowledge or Skills:

Basic algebra

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Users can create their own basic math problems using the available tool kit in the site, and user can also enter word problem by uploading image or photo file of the word problem.

Steps by steps resolution is given wehen possible, so it's not simply a cheating tool but an educational one.

Concerns:

The Calculus option in the tool kit offers only integration and it does not have “limits” option.

Students might overuse it and let it spit out a "god given" answer which is not put into perspective.

Potential Effectiveness as a Teaching Tool

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The site might be used to dig into some complex documents, or be fast in problem solving, delegating the technicalities to the machine. Therefore its use requires a complete rethinking of teaching material, away from technical computing. We know that higher order mathematics actually require that you understand the basic level of what you are doing, this tool might allow your students to try their hands on higher mathematics without mastering all levels of the technical "details" of solving equations?

This site can help students to check their answers when they do their assignments for basic math courses such as college algebra, pre-calculus, or integration part in Calculus I.

Also, the site can be usedf to perform row computations and basic technical manipulations. It can solve x²+x+1=0 with complex values for example, or substitute variables in an expression.

Concerns:

It will be helpful to include a brief explanation to the step-by-step solutions.

It is difficult for a teacher to adjust to exactly what to ask students for them to exercise their technical skills. It has to be a multi-step problem that this simplistic tool can not solve.

Ease of Use for Both Students and Faculty

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Strengths:

The calculator is easy to use, and all users can use this site easily without issues. It also provides a free app option to download.

A user can scan a snapshot, a pdf or an element in a chat or in a webpage.

Concerns:

When it doesn't know the answer, it doesn't say why, it doesn't try to say something...

Other Issues and Comments:: You don't know exactly where your data goes. There are some real people for more complex problems in the paid version.
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