MyMathLab Tips and Tricks
Pressing ENTER instead of mouse clicks can save time and effort
1) You’ve put in your answer. Instead of moving the mouse to point at
“Check Answer” and clicking, you can Just Press ENTER.
2) The lovely green checkmark box tells
you that you’re right. Instead of
moving the mouse to point at “OK”
and clicking, you can Just Press
ENTER.
3) The green checkmark box goes away
and your question is
still there. But
instead of moving the
mouse to point to the
next question and
clicking, you can Just
Press ENTER and it
will move to the next
question.
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Fractions without the mouse – use the forward slash key, /
9
3
The answer to “Simplify 21.” is 7.
You can click the fraction button in the
palette and fill in the numerator box and the
denominator box.
The keyboard shortcut is to type numerator
(press 3), then the forward slash, then the
denominator (press 7). MyMathLab
recognizes the forward slash as a fraction bar and it will reformat your answer area
appropriately.
This trick only works with simple numerators. If you want to type
𝑎+3
7
, you probably have to use
the palette’s fraction tool. If you have to type more after the fraction, as in
3
7
+ 5𝑥, press the
Right Arrow key on your keyboard to get out of the denominator and continue with the rest of
the answer.
Exponents without the mouse – use the circumflex key, ^ (SHIFT + 6)
See problem at right. The
first term in the answer is
−5𝑚2 . Instead of clicking
the exponent button in the
palette, you can press the M
key and then the “^”
character (SHIFT + 6), and
MyMathLab will create an
exponent box.
When the exponent is finished, press the RightArrow key to continue with the rest of the
answer.
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Multiplication alternatives – The asterisk * or ( ) parentheses
You can avoid some mouse
moving by using the
asterisk, SHIFT + 8, as your
multiplication dot. Or use
the asterisk on the numeric
keypad.
Also parentheses can be
used to indicate
multiplication, like 2(3),
which means the same as
2 ∙ 3 or 2 × 3.
Reviewing a Test
Suppose you’ve completed a Test and you want to go back and review the Test. Click
Gradebook. The Test is probably the first item listed. Click on the Review link next to the Test.
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Hide the Menu – so you have more room to work in
Full Screen – so you have more room to work in
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“MyMathLab won’t let me into my next
assignment” because of a Prerequisite.
If the prerequisite
assignment is a Quiz,
just redo the entire Quiz,
repeatedly, until you meet
the required score.
But if the prerequisite
assignment is a Homework
or a Notebook, or Prep, you
can improve the score.
Here’s how (turn the page…)
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Go back into the earlier assignment and
do replacement problems. Here’s how:
Continue like this to fix other red X’s until
you have a high-enough score to meet the prerequisite
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