Hotmath News Release
Media Contact:
Chuck Grant
510.524.5525
Website Solves Two Million Math Homework Problems
Students nationwide get instant help from Hotmath
San Francisco, April 21, 2004 -- Hotmath, Inc. announced today that its website, hotmath.com, explained over 2 million math homework problems to students in March. Hotmath tutorial solutions explain the actual odd-numbered homework problems in popular math textbooks used in middle school math through calculus.
Hotmath president, Chuck Grant, said, "We are excited about the acceptance of our website by teachers, parents, and students. The hundreds of testimonials on our website show that we are helping students all over the country raise their math grades and math understanding."
The Hotmath step-by-step solutions show hints and explained steps for the actual math homework problems from leading math textbooks used in the US. The company's approach is based on research showing that students learn best when they are provided with worked-out solutions for about half of their assigned homework problems.
According to Dr. Grant, Hotmath has created partnerships with Kaplan (for their Kaptest.com website), Microsoft (for their MSN Encarta Premium Math Help service), as well as with a number of math textbook publishers. Hotmath has been licensed for use in over 1200 schools and colleges nationwide to help students complete math homework with understanding and retention.
Parents or students may subscribe to the Hotmath.com service for $29 per semester. Schools or colleges may license Hotmath for all of their students for about $.50 per year per student.
Hotmath is operated by math educators including secondary teachers, college professors, cognitive scientists, and textbook authors. Hotmath attracts students because of the direct relevance to their immediate homework assignment, and this relevance is a critical aspect of Hotmath success. The self-paced tutorials engagingly lead the student through an interactive sequence of hints and annotated steps that show how a problem is solved.
Under No Child Left Behind legislation, high school students are struggling to meet enforced graduation requirements. Nearly seventy-five percent of US students are not able to pass basic tests of Algebra 1 by the time they are scheduled to graduate, according to NAEP testing. Hotmath has become a major contributor to improving US math literacy.
Hotmath, Inc. is based in the San Francisco Bay Area and was founded in 2000.
