Why study Accounting?

Some of us take accounting because we love it, but the rest of us take it because it's a requirement for our business degree. So what's the best way to study Accounting? With College-Cram, of course!

Once you sign up for free, just follow these three steps to getting better grades:

• Learn - access single topic interactive Cramlets™ to help you understand difficult Accounting topics like declining balance depreciation and present value.


• Practice - use our Bottomless Worksheets and Flash Cards to get unlimited amounts of practice (on topics like markups and markdowns) until you can't get it wrong.


• Review - work through our Accounting quizzes and Smartacus Study Sheets™ to build up your confidence and reinforce your overall understanding of topics like cost of goods sold and depreciation methods.

What could be easier?

Don't forget, it all starts when you sign up for free.

P.S. As an added bonus, we also have Accounting articles that could help you.

Why study Chemistry?

Some of us just like the subject, but most of us take it because we have to. So what's the best way to study Chemistry? With College-Cram, of course!

Once you sign up for free, just follow these three steps to getting better grades:

• Learn - access single topic interactive Cramlets™ to help you understand difficult Chemistry topics like Avogadro's Number, the Periodic Table, and chemical bonding.


• Practice - use our Bottomless Worksheets and Flash Cards to get unlimited amounts of practice (on topics like chemical symbols and mole conversions) until you can't get it wrong.


• Review - work through our Chemistry quizzes and Smartacus Study Sheets™ to build up your confidence and reinforce your overall understanding of topics like stoichiometry and organic formulas.

What could be easier?

Don't forget, it all starts when you sign up for free.

P.S. As an added bonus, we also have Chemistry articles that could help you.

Time to give thanks

Among other things, I'm thankful that we've finally finished out redesign of the College-Cram website. It does a better job of highlighting our study philosophy of Learn/Practice/Review, gives you better access to past articles, and more. Plus, it just looks way cooler this way!

November Newsletter is here!

Mid-terms are over, US elections are over, Halloween is over. As winter approaches, it's time to start thinking about next semester. Sure, this semester has some life left in it yet, so don't lose sight of that. Still, you'd better start mapping out your spring and summer semesters to make sure you get the courses you want (or need).

What advice do you have for your fellow students on getting the classes they want? Send us an email and you might see your comments in our next newsletter!

Staying out of the cold,

Professor Cram

Finding a Holiday Job

Every year at this time, tons of retailers prepare for holiday shoppers by hiring seasonal workers. For the typical college student, getting a holiday job is also an annual occurence. So how do you find a prime holiday job? Here are some tips for a productive (and profitable) job search:
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How to Write an Essay

Many of you are thanking the "test gods" because you just found out that your final exam is a multiple choice with some true and false, but others are down in the dumps because they are having an essay exam. Don't fret -- Professor Cram is here to help you out, so let's look at how best to prepare for it.
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New Tutorial: About Aqueous Reactions

Are you taking Chemistry this semester? If so, you'll benefit from this latest addition to our Cramlet family. It's a brief tutorial that describes the terminology involved and explains the different kinds of aqueous reactions.
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Can You Help?

This semester we transformed College-Cram.com into the free study resource that students have been clamoring for. In order to help keep it a free and growing resource, could you take a minute to fill out this survey to help us keep helping you? Thanks!
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Ask Professor Cram: Expanding a Rational Expression

Dear Professor Cram:

I am taking a distance learning college algebra course, so I am left on my own to some extent to learn the material. I'm just beginning to work problems like: (5x²/6y²)³

The book I'm using doesn't give me an example of this type of problem. Where do I start?

Marilyn D., Lancaster, CA

Thank you for using College-Cram.com and for your Algebra question.

The best way to expand this rational expression is to recall that raising anything to the power of three means to multiply it by itself three times:
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Ask Professor Cram: Resistance in a Series Circuit

Dear Professor Cram:

I have a question about series circuits. There are 3 resistors, R1 is 10kohms/.5W and R2 is 3.3kohms/.250W and the third is unknown. If the circuit draws a current of 1.5mA from a 27V source, how do i calculate the ohmic value of the third resistor?

Nicholas, Mohawk College

Thank you for your question, Nicholas. Physics is not normally my forte, but I can certainly help you with this one. Our first step is to determine the power and resistance for the circuit as a whole:
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Ask Professor Cram: Using the Graphing Method

Dear Professor Cram:

What is the solution to the system of equations: x = y and x = -y?

KG, US Navy

KG, thank you for this algebra question. The easiest way to solve this system of equations problem is by using the graphing method, as shown in the illustration:
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