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Title: Algebra. GRRRRR!!!
Post by: that one kid on May 11, 2010, 10:24:05 PM
I am taking the Algebra End of Course Exam tomorrow. Please pray with me!!
Title: Re: Algebra. GRRRRR!!!
Post by: TheKarazyvicePresidentRR on May 11, 2010, 10:25:43 PM
Praying. I just finished my Intermediate Alg. Test last week.
Title: Re: Algebra. GRRRRR!!!
Post by: YourMathTeacher on May 11, 2010, 10:39:42 PM
May all of your variables be rational.
Title: Re: Algebra. GRRRRR!!!
Post by: that one kid on May 11, 2010, 10:49:21 PM
Why do we need to find x anyway? the only pirates left are the ones in somalia.....
Title: Re: Algebra. GRRRRR!!!
Post by: Warrior_Monk on May 11, 2010, 11:07:02 PM
X equals....eight.

where'd you get that?!

that's what it was on the last problem! why would it change!

I have a math test tomorrow. comprehensive. I'll pray for you when I'm taking it.
Title: Re: Algebra. GRRRRR!!!
Post by: Good Samaritan on May 12, 2010, 12:36:18 PM
I'm  :prayer: 4 U
Title: Re: Algebra. GRRRRR!!!
Post by: that one kid on May 12, 2010, 10:31:04 PM
Thank you all! I am done, just waiting on test scores!!!!
Title: Re: Algebra. GRRRRR!!!
Post by: that one kid on May 13, 2010, 10:25:35 PM
Tomorrow I get my grade for the first half.  :-\  Ring Wraith, I told my teacher that and he said to try it!!! haha! My teacher is awesome!
Title: Re: Algebra. GRRRRR!!!
Post by: Warrior_Monk on May 13, 2010, 11:10:18 PM
Tomorrow I get my grade for the first half.  :-\  Ring Wraith, I told my teacher that and he said to try it!!! haha! My teacher is awesome!
sadly I can't take credit for that, it comes from the Adventures in Odyssey episode Changing Rodney.
Title: Re: Algebra. GRRRRR!!!
Post by: that one kid on May 14, 2010, 11:43:21 PM
DUDE! AIO IS AWESOME!!!!!! I listen to it while I play need for speed. yes, a wierd combo, but it works. ima nerd.  :)
Title: Re: Algebra. GRRRRR!!!
Post by: Good Samaritan on May 16, 2010, 09:55:09 PM
Continue to Pray!
Title: Re: Algebra. GRRRRR!!!
Post by: that one kid on May 20, 2010, 06:30:15 PM
Ok, so, the first half came in. I got 30/35 which, in algebra language is somehow 103%. Can someone tell my why this is 103%?
Title: Re: Algebra. GRRRRR!!!
Post by: TheKarazyvicePresidentRR on May 20, 2010, 06:31:59 PM
How is that 103%?
Thats 85% (86 if you round up)
Title: Re: Algebra. GRRRRR!!!
Post by: that one kid on May 20, 2010, 06:35:23 PM
Yes, but the sheet my teacher showed me said:
l  MEHAFFY, JORDAN  l  30/35  l  103%  l
Title: Re: Algebra. GRRRRR!!!
Post by: Ehud Cubed on May 20, 2010, 06:38:53 PM
Must... ignore... inverted... fractions!
Title: Re: Algebra. GRRRRR!!!
Post by: Josh on May 20, 2010, 07:00:56 PM
Yes, but the sheet my teacher showed me said:
l  MEHAFFY, JORDAN  l  30/35  l  103%  l

Simple, it was graded on a curve.  Which means you were definitely one of the highest scores, since you ended up over 100%.  That's pretty awesome!  Praise God!
Title: Re: Algebra. GRRRRR!!!
Post by: that one kid on May 20, 2010, 07:08:52 PM
Yes! Most definately!
Title: Re: Algebra. GRRRRR!!!
Post by: that one kid on May 26, 2010, 06:14:42 PM
I got the scores for the second part and... I made it in to Geometry. Oh boy, another hard class! YAY! I hope the Lord helps me next year as well!
Title: Re: Algebra. GRRRRR!!!
Post by: TheHobbit13 on May 26, 2010, 08:31:55 PM
Why do we need to find x anyway? the only pirates left are the ones in somalia.....

It is really isn't that hard to find X. I just circle it on my paper and declare to the class that I found it. I am glad you did well.
Title: Re: Algebra. GRRRRR!!!
Post by: YourMathTeacher on May 27, 2010, 02:45:04 AM
This is why I do not put "Find x" on my tests. I always put "Solve for x in the following equation."

I agree with jmhartz that your teacher must have graded on a curve. I do not grade on curves. My pen always slipped and left a long squiggly line, so I stopped.

No student has ever had a 100% average in my class, and I intend to keep it that way.Therefore, getting over 100% is not only mathematically disturbing, but also an unrealistic goal in the first place.  ;)
Title: Re: Algebra. GRRRRR!!!
Post by: that one kid on May 27, 2010, 08:59:28 PM
Our teacher gave us a POP quiz on the last day of school. It was 100 questions. At the end, it said: Do not do  any of the problems on this test. Just sign your name and have a good summer.

Most of the questions were quadratic formula too. I hate that, it's really hard.
Title: Re: Algebra. GRRRRR!!!
Post by: SomeKittens on May 28, 2010, 09:28:35 AM
Quadratic formula?  Easy once you know this simple trick:
(To the tune of "Pop Goes the Weasel")
X is equals to negative B
Plus or Minus the square root
of B squared minus 4 AC
all over 2A.

^Will never forget that as long as I live.
Also, if you've got a graphing calculator, I can show you how to program the formula in.
Title: Re: Algebra. GRRRRR!!!
Post by: YourMathTeacher on May 28, 2010, 03:50:24 PM
Also, if you've got a graphing calculator, I can show you how to program the formula in.

Assuming that the teacher does not reset calculators before tests.....  ;)

Regarding mneumonics, this is the story my students have been told:

"A negative boy was considering the plusses and minuses of going to a radical party, but a square boy showed up so the four awesome cliques left. Thus, the party was all over by 2 Am."

Title: Re: Algebra. GRRRRR!!!
Post by: SomeKittens on May 28, 2010, 04:16:50 PM
Yeah, I've learned things that way (PEMDAS and such), but this will be stuck in my head until I die.
As to resetting caculators, I was the only one who ever got into programming, etc.  My teacher was ok with it as long as I knew what the original formula was.  (I did)
Title: Re: Algebra. GRRRRR!!!
Post by: that one kid on May 29, 2010, 08:32:32 AM
Quadratic formula?  Easy once you know this simple trick:
(To the tune of "Pop Goes the Weasel")
X is equals to negative B
Plus or Minus the square root
of B squared minus 4 AC
all over 2A.

^Will never forget that as long as I live.

There are two teams for each grade at our school and the teacher on the other team taught us that. Our teacher said he didn't teach us this because he didn't want to hear "that junky song." ;D
Title: Re: Algebra. GRRRRR!!!
Post by: Good Samaritan on May 29, 2010, 12:46:46 PM
OH boy,a math thread! What next!?!?!?
Title: Re: Algebra. GRRRRR!!!
Post by: that one kid on May 29, 2010, 12:51:20 PM
today in science class we are talking about the atom and how they combine to make blahblahblah. Sleep time.
Title: Re: Algebra. GRRRRR!!!
Post by: Good Samaritan on May 29, 2010, 12:57:29 PM
today in science class we are talking about the atom and how they combine to make blahblahblah. Sleep time.


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Title: Re: Algebra. GRRRRR!!!
Post by: Good Samaritan on May 29, 2010, 01:00:59 PM
O Mr Schaef,this belongs in off topic.
Title: Re: Algebra. GRRRRR!!!
Post by: that one kid on May 29, 2010, 01:05:04 PM
Schaef, and respect him. ;D just saying.
Title: Re: Algebra. GRRRRR!!!
Post by: Good Samaritan on May 29, 2010, 01:07:20 PM
Yeah yeah,LOL
Title: Re: Algebra. GRRRRR!!!
Post by: that one kid on May 29, 2010, 01:08:39 PM
Sr. pwnd by jr. ownage.
Title: Re: Algebra. GRRRRR!!!
Post by: Good Samaritan on May 29, 2010, 01:09:50 PM
Im a SR,
I deserve

R-E-S-P-E-C-T!
Title: Re: Algebra. GRRRRR!!!
Post by: Good Samaritan on May 29, 2010, 01:10:51 PM
Sr. pwnd by jr. ownage.


Lol  lets frame it!
Title: Re: Algebra. GRRRRR!!!
Post by: that one kid on May 29, 2010, 01:11:19 PM
Actually, I'm now a Full Member. How did that happen?  :dunno:
Title: Re: Algebra. GRRRRR!!!
Post by: Good Samaritan on May 29, 2010, 01:12:45 PM
When you get so many posts typed,you get upgraded,I'll soon be a hero member ;)
Title: Re: Algebra. GRRRRR!!!
Post by: that one kid on May 29, 2010, 01:16:43 PM
Oh, ok. So new to jr. is 100 and jr. to full is 250?
Title: Re: Algebra. GRRRRR!!!
Post by: Good Samaritan on May 29, 2010, 01:21:28 PM
And the full to SR is 500 and SR to Hero is 800
Title: Re: Algebra. GRRRRR!!!
Post by: that one kid on May 29, 2010, 01:22:05 PM
I have a ways to go....
Title: Re: Algebra. GRRRRR!!!
Post by: Good Samaritan on May 29, 2010, 01:23:42 PM
I post about 50-70 posts a day.
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