What's new in Ten Quick Questions Pro 7.0.02
Aug 5, 2014
- Apart from all the bug fixes and new topics added below I have made a change to the questions side panel. When you select a topic you can now see if there are all 10 questions are available for this topic by seeing if the small button under the questions button is available. You can also select the questions button at any time
- without having to stop the question display.
- Added finding the transformation of a graph in terms of y=f(x)
- Added Volume of Prism - requires calculating the cross sectional area
- Separated the angles in straight lines and full circle into two categories one of which involves no algebra.
- Added a positive addition of like terms algebra - simplifying section
- Changed - solving for x in ?x ± ? = ? to give a few with negative subject
- Added finding the missing angle in a triangle
- Added finding the missing angle in irregular polygons
- Fixed a problem with incorrect answers to some DST graphs and added more variation to the questions.
- Added finding the gradient from two points given on a graph
- Added Fraction of ? given the amount it equals
- Added Using a protractor
- Added (Simplify) ?a²b x ?a³b²
- Added Mileage Charts
- Added more options for BIDMAS
- Added inserting brackets to make the sum correct
- Added Find the y values given the x value - linear equations
- Added Find the y values given the x value - linear Harder
- Added Find the y values given the x value - quadratic equations
- Added addition and subtraction of mixed fractions.
- Added multiplication and division of mixed fractions.
New in Ten Quick Questions Pro 7.0.01 (Aug 5, 2014)
- New in this version:
- Fixed a bug in the Customize tree view that added the load MCQ files to the algebra section.
- Added long multiplication with decimals.
- Separated circle theorem question into its own category and subdivided it further into questions based on tangents (edexcel 2MB01 unit 2) and mixed questions. The mixed questions will be divided further at a later date.
- Added a Circles - (Answers in terms of Pi) category. This category allows for topics that involve Pi in the calculation to be uses in a non - calculator fashion. Current topics in this category include: Area of Circle, Surface area of Cylinders, Area of a Sector, Length of an Arc, Perimeter of a Sector and Volume of Cylinders.
- Added finding a length (and part of a length) of a rectangle given the area.
- Added a Collecting Data section to data handling with types of data.
- Added Upper and lower bound calculations
- Added a section on 3D Pythagoras within a 3D coordinate cube.
- Added a section on Bearings combined with regular polygons
- Adjusted the hour hand in Telling the Time so that its more realistic of a clock.
- Added a subtopic for stating the missing inequality between two numbers.
- Added a separate topic for Negative Numbers and included two temperature related subtopics plus currently existing subtopics.
- Added ratio subtopic - Given ratio A:B and amount of A, find B
- Added words to numbers sub topic.
- Added a check for internet upgrade option with proxy settings if required. Version checking - download upgrade - install.
- Added a small previous button next to the Next/Play button which allows you to go to the previous question when question 2 - 10 is displayed.
- Changed the single answer popup and answer sheet to display special characters like Pi and square root signs, powers, column vectors etc Most answers should now be displayed in the same format as the question is formatted.
- Added a font selector for the questions that are written as text, some questions although appear to be text are drawn as a picture and the font stays as Ariel for these but those questions that are written as normal text in the default font (Comic Sans MS) can be changed to any font you like although the size will remain large and depend on the size of the main screen on the application.
New in Ten Quick Questions Pro 7.0.00 (Aug 5, 2014)
- Microsoft recently released a security patch that makes it impossible to view CHM files that are stored on a network drive (as opposed to CHM files stored on your own computer). The help file will appear, but instead of the topic text you will see an error message "this
- page cannot be displayed". The security patch and its effects are fully described on Microsoft's web site at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/896358
- This had an effect on Ten Quick Questions because all the topic notes are kept within the help file and as such if Ten Quick Questions is installed on a network share the notes are unavailable. In order to combat this, when the user selects to see the notes for a specific topic the program checks to see if the help file is situated on a network share and if it is it copies it to the temporary file directory of the computer in use before displaying the help file. If the help file already exists in the temporary files directory then it just opens this file instead and does not recopy the help file.
- Changed the way TenQQ processes the registration information so that it checks the ini file before checking a license file. This also prevents a single user license being used when the product is installed on a network drive.
- Added solving simply linear equations to give positive answers only
- extended "Solving equations created from diagrams" to give sides of parallelogram as well as angles in triangles and quadrilaterals.
- Added a few extra notes for certain topics to the help file.
New in Ten Quick Questions Pro 6.0.05 (Aug 5, 2014)
- New in this version:
- Fixed some typos - please let me know if you come accross any more of these.
- Fixed an incorrect answer in Vectors with ratio
- Fixed an incorrect definition of Regular Polygon for rectangle and rhombus in 2D shapes
- Added Improper fractions to Mixed fractions
- Added Mixed fractions to Improper fractions
- Changes simple simultaneous equations so that 1x or 1y is written as just x or y respectively
- Fixed an error with 24 hour clock using 24:00 instead of 00:00 and added the All Questions option for all question in this topic.
- Added solving indices to find n i.e. 3^n = 1/27
New in Ten Quick Questions Pro 6.0.04 (Aug 5, 2014)
- New in this version:
- Added Find the equation of a line parallel to a given linear equation at a given point P
- Added Find the equation of a line perpendicular to a given linear equation at a given point
- Added Substitution topic - Given a, b and c find ?a ± ?b ± ?c
- Added Decimal Complements to the decimals section
- Added Addition of column Vectors - graphical representation
- Added Subtraction of column Vectors - graphical representation
- Added Vector problems - find vectors in terms of p and q
- Added Area Scale Factors - finding an area based on similarity
- Added Volume scale factors - finding a volume based on similarity
- Added Given the value of one trig function find the value of another
- Added Roots and Cube Roots to -Indices-(Squares, Cubes, Square and Cube roots)
- Added Surds - Simplify (? + /¯?)(? + /¯?) or (? + /¯?)²
- Added Algebraic fractions - adding and subtracting
- Added more variety for rearranging (requiring factorization)
- Added Solving equations created from angle diagrams
- Added Solving Quadratic equations by completing the square
- Added Problems leading to solving a quadratic
- Added Harder Estimating Questions (1 s.f. using fractions)
- Added Vector diagram questions involving ratio of sides
- Added Angles in Half and Full Turns (5 different types)
- Added Lines of Symmetry questions
- Added Order of Rotational Symmetry questions
- Added Finding the distance between 2 coordinates to Pythagoras Topic (All questions)
- Added Finding the distance between 2 points on a map using a scale - Pythagoras
- Added Finding the bearing on a map using trigonometry
- Added Patterns & Sequences - (next term)
- Added Patterns & Sequences - (nth term)
- Added Patterns & Sequences - (10th term)
- Added Patterns - (what shape will have ? squares)
- Added Conversion of decimals to Percentages - Decimal topic
- Added Conversion of Percentages to decimals - percentages Topic
- Also changed the size of the numbers on any graph axis to make them easier to see.
- Separated Pythgoras and Trigonometry into 2 different topics
New in Ten Quick Questions Pro 6.0.03 (Aug 5, 2014)
- New in this version:
- Added options for creating shortcuts to topics in various places - (right click on topic) When you run a shortcut the program starts at this topic ready for you to select next or play.
- Added duplexing to stop multiple instances, running a shortcut whilst the program is running will set the currently running program to the new topic.
- Added an option in the settings to a create shortcut for all topics in the desired location, these shortcuts can be hyperlinks in word /excel etc
- Added an option to show all command line parameters for every topic.
- Changed some spelling mistakes and and fixed a couple of display problems.
- Added a Tree Diagrams topic to Probability
- Added a Stratified Samples topic to Data Handling
- Added a Two-Way Tables topic to Data Handling, with 4 question type options
- Added a Customize Tab to the Topic Selector window. This allows you to customize the 10 questions by choosing 2 or more subtopics from which the questions are randomly taken. Your custom question subtopics can be saved as a tqq file for opening again later. By default the tqq files are opened and saved in the users My Documents folder.
New in Ten Quick Questions Pro 6.0.02 (Aug 5, 2014)
- New in this version:
- Fixed the display of axis numbers on histograms when resizing
- Fixed some spelling errors
- Added 'All Questions' option for any topic that could be shown as text.
- Added a reload button to the Questions form in order to enable the loading of a new set of ten questions and answers without having to close the questions window. Useful if you want to make sure you have a good variety of questions when choosing a mixed question section.
- Changed the Converting Decimals to fractions into a Decimals only subtopic.
- Included the + - \ x of decimals in the above subtopic plus an option for a mixture of these
- Added a subtopic to the decimal section which displays a decimal multiplication sum and answer and asks for the answer to a similar question where the numbers used are increased or reduced by factors of 10, 100 and 1000.
- Fixed a bug with the search function when moving back to the selector tree before selecting a search item.
- Randomized the table orientation for finding the mean from a frequency table
- Finally sorted out how to fill a region that has multiple colours in it. Up until now when colouring in a part of a diagram the program only coloured pixels that had the same colour, this caused problems when the background picture had multiple colours. This should no longer occur and as such you should now be able to have any background picture you like without having to worry about the deterioration of diagrams drawn by the program.
New in Ten Quick Questions Pro 6.0.01 (Aug 5, 2014)
- New in this version:
- Added some new topics
- Numerical Indices Questions
- Mixed Simplifying equations questions
- Simplifying Algebraic Fractions
- Finding the mid point of 2 coordinates
- Fixed the display of some questions that were drawn incorrectly at specific resolutions. This was more pronounced when resizing the application.
- Added the ability to create and load external question files. This ability is available for
- (mcq) file formats the type of question files created with MCQC - (Multiple Choice QuizCreator) The MCQ Editor in this package allows you to create multiple choice question files for Ten Levels (questions in the case of TenQQ) Each level can have up to 50 questions in it so that the files are fairly reusable without getting the same questions over and over again. The more questions you add to each category the more usability you will get from the file. If you only wish to use the file in Ten Quick Questions Pro and not the MCQC package then you only need add a question and one answer. You can then load the file in Ten Quick Questions as a question and answer file. If you create multiple choice questions you can still load the file in Ten Quick Questions but you should load it as a Multiple Choice questions file. For each question some text and a picture may be added, but extra text formatting will not be available in Ten Quick Questions since it doesn't use a Rich Text Format Control. For more information on this facility please select one of the Load file options and click on the Note/Examples button. Also check out the online flash video demonstration.
- Added an online flash video demonstation: (sorry about my boring voice!)
- Updates parts of the Note /Examples file
New in Ten Quick Questions Pro 6.0.00 (Aug 5, 2014)
- Added the ability to resize the application window so you don't have to have it running full screen all the time. Double click on the title bar to toggle from sizable to maximized and back again. The minimum size the application can be run in is 600 x 800 screen resolution.
- Info: This facility was added for a fellow teacher who uses a dual monitor for his laptop and projector so that he can have his laptop screen separate to what is being projected. He can now drag a non maximised version of TenQQ onto his projector screen which he couldn't do before. The duel monitor setup is very good for laptops that run a screen resolution greater than the projectors resolution and also allows you to have software open that can't be seen on the whiteboard.
- Added the ability to right click on any sub topic and select to create a shortcut to this topic. The shortcut is created on the desktop and will open Ten Qucick Questions at this topic. You still have to click on the Topics Button but when you do you will find the topic already selected and ready to go. When using a shortcut the last topic used (default topic) is ignored.
- Added a Links facility tab to the Topic Selector. This allows you to create links to files and URLS which can be opened from within Ten Quick Questions. I added this so that I could quickly and easily locate all my favourite resources for each main topic.
- Fixed and error in the notes for Highest Common Factor
New in Ten Quick Questions Pro 5.0.00 (Aug 5, 2014)
- New in this version:
- Removed the notes facility and placed all Notes/Examples in a separate help file. This file can be accessed in the same way but also now contains links to notes for related topics. As the software develops the topics in this file will increase also. The images from this file may be copied into IWB interactive software by simply right clicking on the image and selecting copy then pasting into your desired software. in many cases these are similar notes to what I use when teaching a topic.
- Fixed a few spelling mistakes
- Added solving inequality equations to algebra inequalities section
- Added Angles in regular polygons to angles section
- Added simple column vector topic
- Added a compound measure category to shape and space with:
- Height vs time graphs for filling containers
- Distance Speed and Time questions
- Added Finding the Area of a Sector
- Added Finding the length of an Arc.
- Added Finding the perimeter of a Sector
- Added Finding the area of a minor segment.
- Added Graphical Inequalities - state the inequalities that describe the shaded region.