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Functions is an important concept in mathematics to grasp.
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The Maths is Fun website offers a great post about functions. Here's a small screen grab of the introduction:
The article offers a long explanation of functions, including: input, output and their relationship; sets; the rules of functions; examples of when a relationship between numbers or sets is NOT a function; the vertical line test; finite and infinite sets; lots of the terms used for functions, including domain, co-domain and range, argument, variables, etc; ordered pairs; explicit vs implicit functions.
It ends with a few interactive online questions to test the learner's grasp of functions. Highly recommended!
The wonderful Khan Academy has a whole module on functions on their website, including interactive tests. Here's the first video in their functions series:
Math Antics is a great website and YouTube channel that explains mathematics in a simple, visual way. Here Rob explains Functions:
Eddie Woo, who tapes his popular maths classes at a high school in Sydney, Australia, explains functions like this:
Hope this was helpful! Do go to these websites for more in-depth studying and some interactive tests.
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