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        <Keywords>linear, equation, algebra, educational, software, high school, learn, resolve, mathematics, math, maths</Keywords>
        <Char_Desc_45>Learn to resolve linear equations</Char_Desc_45>
        <Char_Desc_80>Learn to resolve linear equations with this special educational program</Char_Desc_80>
        <Char_Desc_250>Learn to resolve linear equations with this special educational program. Suitable for students of about 12 to 17 years, for high schools or for home. There are four different exercises and the challenging math game &quot;Valgebra&quot;.</Char_Desc_250>
        <Char_Desc_450>Learn to resolve linear equations with this special educational program. Suitable for students of about 12 to 17 years, for high schools or for home.  There are four different exercises and the challenging math game &quot;Valgebra&quot;.: manoeuvre the falling numbers and x-terms, and resolve the equation!</Char_Desc_450>
        <Char_Desc_2000>We have developed the educational program &quot;Linear Equations&quot;, not to replace the math teacher at high schools, but to be a help for the algebra students. Surely they will like to play with the software, and in the meantime they will learn in a unique way to resolve linear equations, which is an important part of mathematics.

Linear equations are equations involving only one variable, like x or y, and nothing complicated like powers or square roots. In the four exercises of the program the following rules are used:

To solve an equation you may
1) divide both parts of the equation by the same number; 
2) multiply both parts by the same number;
3) add the same number to both parts;
4) subtract the same number from both parts;
5) you may not divide by zero or multiply;
6) move terms from one part to the other part, but only if you
change the sign of those terms.

In the program you hardly have to use pen and paper, and the exercises are not simply &quot;questions with an answer&quot;, but a special kind of &quot;dynamic-game-like-mathematics&quot;. 

To challenge your knowledge, you can play the falling blocks style math game &quot;Valgebra&quot;: By manoeuvring the falling x-terms and numbers, you resolve an equation. But take care.., if you make a mistake, you are penalised by a reduction in the size of the container, which immediately makes it harder to control successive terms precisely! The high scores will surely motivate your motivation to study and practise the theory and exercises to resolve linear equations!</Char_Desc_2000>
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        <Keywords>matematicas, algebra, equaciones del primer grado, solucionar, juego</Keywords>
        <Char_Desc_45>Aprende a resolver equaciones del 1e grado.</Char_Desc_45>
        <Char_Desc_80>Aprende a resolver equaciones del primer grado con este programa educativo.</Char_Desc_80>
        <Char_Desc_250>Aprende a resolver equaciones del primer grado con este programa educativo. El desafiante juego de matemáticas Valgebra is parte del software.</Char_Desc_250>
        <Char_Desc_450>Aprende a resolver equaciones del primer grado con este programa educativo. El desafiante juego de matemáticas Valgebra is parte del software.</Char_Desc_450>
        <Char_Desc_2000>Aprende a resolver equaciones del primer grado con este programa educativo. El desafiante juego de matemáticas Valgebra is parte del software.</Char_Desc_2000>
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        <Keywords>vergelijking, eerstegraads, oplossen, algebra, wiskunde, leren, middelbare school, valgebra, leuk, spel, educatief</Keywords>
        <Char_Desc_45>Leer 1e graads vergelijkingen oplossen.</Char_Desc_45>
        <Char_Desc_80>Leer 1e graads vergelijkingen oplossen met dit speciale educatieve programma.</Char_Desc_80>
        <Char_Desc_250>Leer 1e graads vergelijkingen oplossen met dit speciale educatieve programma en speel met wiskunde in Valgebra.  Geschikt voor middelbare scholen, voor leerlingen van ongeveer 12 tot 17 jaar, maar ook om thuis de stof nog eens te oefenen.</Char_Desc_250>
        <Char_Desc_450>Leer 1e graads vergelijkingen oplossen met dit speciale educatieve programma en speel met wiskunde in Valgebra.  Geschikt voor middelbare scholen, voor leerlingen van ongeveer 12 tot 17 jaar, maar ook om thuis de stof nog eens te oefenen.</Char_Desc_450>
        <Char_Desc_2000>Leer 1e graads vergelijkingen oplossen met dit speciale educatieve programma en speel met wiskunde in Valgebra.  Geschikt voor middelbare scholen, voor leerlingen van ongeveer 12 tot 17 jaar, maar ook om thuis de stof nog eens te oefenen.</Char_Desc_2000>
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        <Distribution_Permissions>Free non-commercial distribution of this demo.</Distribution_Permissions>
        <EULA>This demo is free to use and to copy in non-commercial circumstances.</EULA>
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