Author Topic: Algebra. GRRRRR!!! (Read 6344 times)

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!!

TheKarazyvicePresidentRR · « **Reply #1 on:** May 11, 2010, 10:25:43 PM »

Praying. I just finished my Intermediate Alg. Test last week.

YourMathTeacher · « **Reply #2 on:** May 11, 2010, 10:39:42 PM »

May all of your variables be rational.

that one kid · « **Reply #3 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.....

Warrior_Monk · « **Reply #4 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.

Good Samaritan · « **Reply #5 on:** May 12, 2010, 12:36:18 PM »

I'm

4 U

that one kid · « **Reply #6 on:** May 12, 2010, 10:31:04 PM »

Thank you all! I am done, just waiting on test scores!!!!

that one kid · « **Reply #7 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!

Warrior_Monk · « **Reply #8 on:** May 13, 2010, 11:10:18 PM »

Quote from: 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!

sadly I can't take credit for that, it comes from the Adventures in Odyssey episode Changing Rodney.

that one kid · « **Reply #9 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.

Good Samaritan · « **Reply #10 on:** May 16, 2010, 09:55:09 PM »

Continue to Pray!

that one kid · « **Reply #11 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%?

TheKarazyvicePresidentRR · « **Reply #12 on:** May 20, 2010, 06:31:59 PM »

How is that 103%?
Thats 85% (86 if you round up)

that one kid · « **Reply #13 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

Ehud Cubed · « **Reply #14 on:** May 20, 2010, 06:38:53 PM »

Must... ignore... inverted... fractions!

Josh · « **Reply #15 on:** May 20, 2010, 07:00:56 PM »

Quote from: 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

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!

that one kid · « **Reply #16 on:** May 20, 2010, 07:08:52 PM »

Yes! Most definately!

that one kid · « **Reply #17 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!

TheHobbit13 · « **Reply #18 on:** May 26, 2010, 08:31:55 PM »

Quote from: 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.....

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.

YourMathTeacher · « **Reply #19 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.

that one kid · « **Reply #20 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.

SomeKittens · « **Reply #21 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.

YourMathTeacher · « **Reply #22 on:** May 28, 2010, 03:50:24 PM »

Quote from: SomeKittens on May 28, 2010, 09:28:35 AM

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."

SomeKittens · « **Reply #23 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)

that one kid · « **Reply #24 on:** May 29, 2010, 08:32:32 AM »

Quote from: 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.

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."

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