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iPad User Guide

Solve handwritten math problems on a Freeform board on iPad

You can solve handwritten math problems on a Freeform board.

  1. Go to the Freeform app 👁 Image
    on your iPad.

  2. Open a board, or tap 👁 the New Board button
    to start a new one.

  3. Tap 👁 the Actions Menu button
    ,     tap Math Results, then choose how you want your iPad to respond to the math problems you enter:

    • If you want it to solve them: Choose Insert Results. (The answer appears in writing that matches your own.)

    • If you want suggestions to appear: Choose Suggest Results. (A Solve button appears that, when tapped, adds the answer in writing that matches your own.)

  4. Tap 👁 the Drawing and Handwriting Tools button
    ,     then start writing a math equation.

  5. Write an equal sign or draw a horizontal line below a stack of numbers, then do one of the following:

    • In Insert Results mode: Tap the answer to open the equation. You can tap 👁 the Close button
      to delete the answer. Tap the expression to show the hint again, or draw the equal sign again.

    • In Suggest Results mode: Tap Solve to add the answer in writing that matches your own.

You can decide which mode you want, or turn off math hints. See Get math hints.

You can also type equations to be solved in any text in sticky notes, shapes, and text boxes and in the Notes app.

You can also use variables, edit equations, and update results as you can in the Calculator app. See Solve math with Math Notes.

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