Could You Pass A 10th Grade Algebra Test?

Hehehe, you know the formula. And, I believe, I heard somewhere that men are better mathematicians. Don't get snippy ladies. I guess men analyze or formulize (or something like that) better than us.

Actually my oldest daughter is a walking calculator much like myself. My youngest is also good at manipulating numbers but here memory needs work. As for the formula, you make it up according to the problem. That isn't like the Pythagorean theory or anything like that. Its basic algebra & a softball of a problem at that.

THATS IT! U are my math helper. Im in algebra and im kinda...yano... not s'good at it. Lmao ur hired! Dunno bout pay tho... i'll pay u in... err... smilies! :-)

Totally agree with you. It is way too much work. Just reading it made me dizzy. And how much of anything we learned in high school do we actually use in our daily lives. I guess it must have benefited us in some way. That's another good discussion. Thanks, BlueUnicorn for trying, or not--have a wonderful weekend.

Actually, we use algebra all the time in our lives. If you comparison shop, that's algebra. If you balance your checkbook, that's algebra. Tracking any sports team - you guessed it, algebra. It's all over, we just don't alway pay attention to it.

I agree with reiny- to a certain extent. All of this is basic algebra functions, but it is just that- basic. I just don't see the point in questions like the one above. There is not too often that I don't know any of those variables and need to know. I definately have a use for percentages in my daily life and need to know how they work. I'm glad that I have a firm grasp of that. However, I can honestly say I didn't actually have a full understanding until I actually started using some of the math I had learned and played around with it to get the answers I needed to know. Before that I was more on auto-pilot just answering the questions so I could get my grade. Personally I think they should use more real life questions in math, and it would be better for the students. Using reiny's example- throw the kids a check book register and give them a list of deposits and withdrawls. Include the interest for the month. Have them balance the checkbook. THAT would be math that would serve a purpose, in my opinion.

Good call on getting her a tutor. Yeah, I'm pretty sure I wouldn't do that well with HS algebra these days. Then again, it's all about learning those formulas. Love your avatar, by the way. Just thought I'd throw that in. Very cool.

Hi Silvana, hehehe, I'm just learning these formulas all over again. I'm not even sure if I learned them in high school though. And it's quite all right to show us how to do it even though someone else showed us already. It's always interesting to see if everyone gets the same answer. Thanks again.

Hi again,i did all this job and now I see that someone already did it!!I am so sorry !!I respond direct from my mail,i didn't notice!!Sorry Silvana

This is what I got: 7(4w-3) = (7 X 4w) - (7 X 3) = 28w - 21 So 28w - 21 - 25w removes the parenthesis Combine the w's and you get 3w - 21

Now it's this sort of algebra that I have trouble with. My grade 9 daughter should be able to do this.

3w-3 easy all the best urban

hmmm... You were the 2nd one to comment that men were better at math than women... I'm glad it's not that way in my household - my husband doesn't do numbers at all!!! I've always been good at math, I don't think it's really gender-specific...

I think that's just an old unfair stereotype that men are better at math than women! Math was my best subject and I did very well in it while some of the things women are "expected" to be better at I wasn't as good. We're all different and I think it's all in what interests us. Annie

I don't think that saying men are better at math is an unfair sterotype at all. It is a proven fact that men are GENERALLY better at some things and women are GENERALLY better at other things. That doesn't make us sexist to say that. Of course there are going to be exceptions to the general data, but there are certain things that we natural lean to.

thanks fo rthe answer lool

Hehehe, I've been reading everyone's comments here and now my brain is on overdrive. Who knew algebra could be this fun. :)

Thanks, friendship--that seems to be what everyone else got. Nice!

Hey freebc - don't worry, not everyone can do numbers. Just as I think numbers are our friends, some people think everyone can dance! We gotta go with what works for us!

And they let you out on your own? Tell me, do they provide you with those blunt scissors to play with? all they best urban

Kulingana na majibu yaliyoko hapa, watu wengi wanaweza kucheza kuliko kufanya hesabu! Going by the answers here, more people can dance than add up! all the best urban

that seems to be the right answer Debs. Most excellent.

Not correct I am afraid.

You did get it right. Nice work!

see your mind is more refreashed than mine and I took it in the 8th and 9th grade

Although high school algebra was probably 30 years or so ago, I did have to take college algebra 5 or 6 years ago when I got my Accounting Degree...

( a typo mistake you may find it a lil difficult to understand) 1/3x = x/3 2/3x = 2x/3 It basically multilying 1/3 by x hope this will help :)

you dont have to solve a quadratic fo that question, and i dint think trigonometry is that tough

I forgot about the sandwich. Oh well, I will do my calculations again later.

Not only do the various States in Australia vary a lot, but I discovered that various high schools in the one city (adelaide in my case) vary a lot too. Yes, in our State year 8 is the beginning of high school. Now in primary school it varies as to how much schooling kids do before they start high school. My daughter did the min. My two step kids did the max. As my daughter & step son are almost the same age, I can see the differences. My daughter does a lot of high level,high thinking work. They are strict & it is not easy to get an A. My step sons school do a lot of easy, superficial work, & you only have to c0omplete assignments & have it looking nice to get an A. I think the latter is c... actually.

Hi Jenny . . . yep the US and Australia have very different grade levels. My son is doing this algebra simply because he hasn't taken the class before. For instance, he opted not to take a science class this year which means he has to do it for the next two years. This also means there might be some juniors and seniors mixed in with sophomores in the same class. Remember 8th grade is not highschool here yet. Last I remember it was in Australia. Plus Australian kids don't get a choice of classes/subjects to take, right? They take a complete course or something like that. Here you do need a certain amount of credits to graduate, but they have things like SATs, SCAT (I think) and an exit exam. Without those they don't get out. I don't remember Aussie having anything like that. I was in the 10th grade in Qld when we migrated to the US and guess what? They transferred my grades from Pine Rivers High and told me I had enough to graduate and placed me as a sophomore in college. Go figure.

I love math, always have. Guess that's why I'm such a good accountant :)

Nicely done, Shakeroo. You did better than I did on my first try.