If you were given an algebra math test today,would you pass?.
@xXxMikesWifeyxXx (3072)
United States
September 8, 2008 8:42pm CST
Okay,so i am taking the g.e.d classes now.
in highschool we had to take profficiency tests in order to graduate.
there are 5 of them. I only passed 4,so i didnt graduate i just got a certificate of completion.
I have NEVER been good at math. i tested for special ed in math but apparently that is not my problem....
so here i am doing my math in this g.e.d class and yes i am geting it. now my problem is. once i move on to somthing else i cant remember how to do what i did before.:(
Im working on problems like 83 and 1/3% of what number is 365... also 10% of what number is 6.3
i am veary curious to see,just how many of us adults these days if given a math test like this.how many of us would pass it??...
so what do you think. could you. or could you not?
thanks for reading!:)
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@moonlitmagikchild (22181)
• United States
9 Sep 08
nope i would FAIL!! i was good at it in high school but i wouldnt be able to do any of it now..
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@xXxMikesWifeyxXx (3072)
• United States
9 Sep 08
Well, you were better then me. in highschool i completley sucked... i could do my addition,subtraction,multiplication,and division. but soon as they hit the fractions i was done for LMAO..
but i am now getting it:).
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@moonlitmagikchild (22181)
• United States
9 Sep 08
i am still good at math just not ALGEBRA..
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@Ldyjarhead (10233)
• United States
9 Sep 08
Math/Algebra was always my best subject and I probably remember most of algebra, but I graduated from high school 33 years ago, so you'd have to cut me a break here and there.
Did you get your answers?
The second one was easy and I knew without even thinking, the first one I think I have, but had to use a calculator since I didn't have a stubby pencil handy.
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@xXxMikesWifeyxXx (3072)
• United States
9 Sep 08
Well see you have an excuse for breaks. 33 years is a long time... as for me. its only been 5 years i should know more
:P i do beleive i have a selective memory. but i have no control over it. LMAO... because ill learn how to do somthing and ill have it down... move on to another thing and then when i see a problem of what i got down before
im like
wtf?? how do i do this? Hahaha i forget so easily:(.
I actually did get the answer. I THINK:P
I dont have a calculator to check my answers so.
I got 438?:)
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@Ldyjarhead (10233)
• United States
9 Sep 08
That's what I got too.
Most computers have a calculator in the accessories somewhere. Shouldn't be hard to find.
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@yellowhipon (793)
• Philippines
9 Sep 08
I've always loved algebra so I guess I'll pass. T'was my fave subject back in highschool so I guess I'll still nail it. But I'm not as sharp as before, I guess.
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@xXxMikesWifeyxXx (3072)
• United States
9 Sep 08
Hahaha i wish that was the case with me...
i only like it when i understand it and can do my work. but once i start running into trouble againj thats when i start hating it again..
:P
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@yellowhipon (793)
• Philippines
10 Sep 08
i guess math is really friendly with me...:)
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@mentalward (14690)
• United States
9 Sep 08
I could probably pass an algebra test today, although I hated it when I was in school. I was never that good in math, either, but I was better at algebra than any other math class. I'd definitely fail a geometry test!
I had to reach way back into my memory when my kids were in school so I could help them. When I learned math, they called the learning technique "rote" where you repeated everything until you memorized it. They changed that to "new math" and my poor kids were totally lost! I taught them how to use th "rote" method, and they got it! I'm glad, because reliving those math classes was a nightmare! LOL
@xXxMikesWifeyxXx (3072)
• United States
9 Sep 08
Hahaha i bet it was.. but alreast you knew what you were doing. as for me if my daughter came home with a test right now i probally wouldnt beable to help her much:( that is why i need to learn and figure a way to remember everything! shes only 3 right now so im not worried. but
its only ganna be a few years because shell start school next year i do beleive they start fractions in 4th grade:(......
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@mentalward (14690)
• United States
9 Sep 08
Well, if you need help when the time comes, just keep being a member here at myLot and ask away! I'm sure there are enough math gurus here already who could help you help your daughter in about six years. LOL
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@spalladino (17891)
• United States
9 Sep 08
I have to use math behind the databases I develop and maintain at my job or they don't work like they're supposed to but I was never too fond of it. I had to use it when I was writing computer code, too. The key is to keep practicing the skills you have already mastered until you've completed the course.
@xXxMikesWifeyxXx (3072)
• United States
9 Sep 08
Oh wow, i bet thats a good job. but for me it would be just one big headache LMAO. Math is so much more complicated to me then it really should be im sure...
but i will take your adviceopenly and try my best to master it. i really want to learn it all so eventually when my daugfhter is in a perdicament in math with school then i cal help her:)
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@spalladino (17891)
• United States
9 Sep 08
That's a good idea...there's nothing worse than being shown up by a kid! LOL!
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@rogue13xmen13 (14402)
• United States
9 Sep 08
I would not because I am horrible at Math. I only received As in two Math courses in college, the rest were Bs and Cs. I was never very good at Math.
@xXxMikesWifeyxXx (3072)
• United States
10 Sep 08
Hahaha your bad at math!!! 2 a's a b and a c... lMAO i think u just didnt do as good as you wanted:P.... i would have done anything to even get a c in math class.... I got F F F F F F F F.
LOL now THAT is sucking:P
@know21 (1250)
• United States
9 Sep 08
I know I wouldn't pass. Last year I had to take algebra for my online course. Failed the first time. So I got to take the class over. Got a d the second time. I just don't understand algebra. Even did bad at it back in high school.
@xXxMikesWifeyxXx (3072)
• United States
10 Sep 08
Ugh, i plan to major in somthing that has less math then everything else. hahaha THEN mabey i will pass:P.
so last night the teacher is now trying to teach us 3 diffrent things at once..... we have moved on from what is up in the discussion.....3 hours last night and i still didnt get it:(...
@xXxMikesWifeyxXx (3072)
• United States
10 Sep 08
Hahaha, you dont even know how happy i will be once i take thiese dang tests and pass them...
but i will still have to take more in the future.. cause i wanna go to college.
i HOPE i will make it to college.:P
lol if my math doesnt hold me back
@iceblizzard (749)
• Philippines
10 Sep 08
Me, I really hate dealing with numbers, I dunno but I'm sick of it. I don't want to memorize all those formula, but I still remember some of them. This is the reason why I don't take that Engineering degree because of this. My head sores when I see those huge numbers to be computed. Well, if its basic algebra maybe I can.
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@xXxMikesWifeyxXx (3072)
• United States
10 Sep 08
Yea, i know what you mean defiantly.
when i go into college ill be picking somthing that has less math then everything else.lol
mabey in art therapy i wont need it:P that is somthing i am intrested in taking.
@finer_things (260)
• United States
9 Sep 08
I'd probably get a C. I liked Algebra when I was young, although I bombed in geometry. I say C because I've been helping my kids a little bit with their homework so it's not completely foreign to me.
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@xXxMikesWifeyxXx (3072)
• United States
10 Sep 08
well that is cool that you know enough to help your kids.. i hope i will beable to do that somtime:)
thanks for repsonding
@veteran24 (54)
• India
9 Sep 08
I may try even i wont get answer in tat particular time, i will try to get tat answer
later also..but anyhow i will achieve it but it makes me more time to solve it..hehehe so for me i have passed for dem i nope........
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@xXxMikesWifeyxXx (3072)
• United States
10 Sep 08
Yea they say if you get to a problem you dont understand skip it and come back to it
so you can spend more time on it:)....
so that shouldnt ve a problem..
thanks!
@xXxMikesWifeyxXx (3072)
• United States
10 Sep 08
Yea that is veary true.. mabey they should start teaching things in school that we will actually use in everyday life then things that we will probally never use.... if some want to learn all that hard work then they should have a choice:P.
Hahaha that will so never work but was a good thought:P
@xXxMikesWifeyxXx (3072)
• United States
9 Sep 08
Ugh i know how you feel. in highschool i was just the same way... i HATED math... but now once i get a hang of it and i can really do it. i kinda feel proud of myself and wanna keep doing haha.
just moving on to more is what sucks:(
thanks for responding:)
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@Ravenladyj (22902)
• United States
9 Sep 08
*GASP* omg HELL NO!! i've always sucked at math and it is even worse now because it doesnt interest me in the slightest LOL....
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@xXxMikesWifeyxXx (3072)
• United States
9 Sep 08
Hahaha:P yea it intrests me not either.lol i wouldnt care if i ever had to use it again... but unfortunatly i do. so im pushing myself:P....
thanks so much for responding!
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@checapricorn (16061)
• United States
9 Sep 08
[i]Hi Mikes,
If I will have a reviewer, I will make it..I need to review those stuff and practice! Math is learning by doing really so a lot of exercises is needed to enhance the learning!
If I will take the test without any review, I am not sure if I can make it..lol! not unless if the problems are very short so that I can take time![/i]
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@xXxMikesWifeyxXx (3072)
• United States
9 Sep 08
well thats cool. wish i could remember it and only need a review.
once i learn it and go toi somthing else going back i need to relearn it all over.lol
i soooooo wouldnt pass.
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@godpower1k1 (424)
• United States
9 Sep 08
yes i would pass it because i am very good in maths .. and when i was an child i get good marks in maths ... =]
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@iskayz (5420)
• Philippines
9 Sep 08
Oh dear.
.. Ask me anything except math. I am so not good in math I will surely fail the test. I just can't understand it especially those fraction things and percent. I only know how to add, minus, multiply and divide but other than those 4, uh uh,
nothing.
But I'd like to guess that 10% of what number is 6.3 question. The answer is 63.
Ciao!
.. Ask me anything except math. I am so not good in math I will surely fail the test. I just can't understand it especially those fraction things and percent. I only know how to add, minus, multiply and divide but other than those 4, uh uh, nothing.
But I'd like to guess that 10% of what number is 6.3 question. The answer is 63.
Ciao!@xXxMikesWifeyxXx (3072)
• United States
9 Sep 08
well you arent to bad because you did get that one right:_P mabey you know more then you think??...:)
awesome guess...
thanks for responding!
Arrivederci~
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@superrocker (402)
• India
9 Sep 08
never .iam not at all good in algebra.most of my friends like algebra and solve it fastly.but i cant do it with ease.
@xXxMikesWifeyxXx (3072)
• United States
9 Sep 08
I have friends just the same:P... no worrys:)
thanks for responding
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