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re: Tips about Algebra
Posted on 7/1/14 at 10:21 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Posted on 7/1/14 at 10:21 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Yeah, I enjoyed it and it was very useful for the basics. My first math class back was online and the instructor was pretty much non-existent. So, it was used to gain a better understanding of what was happening in the equations too.
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Posted on 7/1/14 at 10:38 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Honestly the key to having a math mind is not thinking of everything in rules and steps to solve. It's understanding how to manipulate an equation. Algebra is all about knowing that one side of the equal sign is the exact same as the other. So if you do one thing to one side and then to the other, they're still equal. Remember a few rules (I realize thus is contradictory to what I just said about rules, but these are simple rules, not "follow these 10 steps rules") and practice until you realize whats the most efficient way to attack a problem from experience. Reduce it until you isolate your unknown variables and you're done. It sounds complicated, but it's really not. People just build math up to be this big scary monster.
This post was edited on 7/2/14 at 6:41 am
Posted on 7/1/14 at 10:40 pm to SaintlyTiger88
I can tutor you. Seriously, I have been doing it for years.
Posted on 7/1/14 at 10:47 pm to SaintlyTiger88
When you need to check your work, I recommend checking out mathway.com and WolframAlpha.com, those two will help you out a lot.
Same here.
quote:
I'm not a math-oriented person, I've always been a history and language-oriented person
Same here.
Posted on 7/1/14 at 10:48 pm to Sentrius
Plug and Chug
Posted on 7/1/14 at 11:03 pm to soccerfüt
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The Tech board might be a better place to ask for assistance or hints.
Here on the OT, the FOIL method is a way to smoke crack.
laughed ... not bad ...
Posted on 7/1/14 at 11:05 pm to Dorothy
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1. You won't get many serious answers here.
2. The answer is 288.
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3. (Seriously) write EVERYTHING out, each step, line by line. Then when you screw up and get the wrong answer, you can go back and find where you made your mistake and hopefully not repeat it too often.
I haven't had Algebra since high school, but my daughter has been doing pre-Algebra stuff and that's what seems to help me help her.
ETA: See, iamBatman know the correct answer too.
i've taught hs chemistry and tutored college kids in chemistry, finance, intro to acct, and calculus, and this is the single best piece of advice you will get anywhere ...
This post was edited on 7/1/14 at 11:06 pm
Posted on 7/1/14 at 11:10 pm to SaintlyTiger88
study
Posted on 7/2/14 at 12:59 am to brucevilanch
Learn calculus first. Will make algebra seem like a cakewalk.
This post was edited on 7/2/14 at 1:04 am
Posted on 7/2/14 at 5:00 am to Legendary0903
Repition
Posted on 7/2/14 at 6:09 am to SaintlyTiger88
If a concept is giving you difficulty just keep repeating the steps to work out the problem. As a previous poster alluded you will understand some math and the rest you just need to memorize the steps to work out the problem.
Good luck.
Good luck.
Posted on 7/2/14 at 6:45 am to TexasTiger89
answer the eternal question,
WHAT IS X?
WHAT IS X?
Posted on 7/2/14 at 6:51 am to SaintlyTiger88
Letters are actually numbers
Posted on 7/2/14 at 6:53 am to Legendary0903
quote:
Learn calculus first. Will make algebra seem like a cake walk.
I thought calculus was easier. It was less formulas.
Posted on 7/2/14 at 7:11 am to SaintlyTiger88
Algebra:
Posted on 7/2/14 at 8:14 am to Displaced
Add Bed
Subtract Cloths
Divide Legs
Pray you don't multiply..
Subtract Cloths
Divide Legs
Pray you don't multiply..
Posted on 7/2/14 at 8:16 am to SaintlyTiger88
ROYGBIV
Posted on 7/2/14 at 8:45 am to jimbeam
quote:Christ Jesus please no
PEMDAS
Posted on 7/2/14 at 8:49 am to LesMiles BFF
Exactly Algebra is so natural it's I can't even fathom how someone would even have to study. It just looks like common knowledge to me. Know your order of operations and don't over think it. It's algebra. You're supposed to get an A. Things don't get real messy until Calc 2. Even then it's not incredibly difficult if you go to all of your classes. Diff EQ was a challenge. And I think that goes for even the most math oriented people. DIff EQ sucks donkey dick.
Posted on 7/2/14 at 8:50 am to SaintlyTiger88
A lot of practice, man
mathway.com may solve some answers for you, but you have to pay for it to show you how to work it out. You can definitely check your answers on there though
mathway.com may solve some answers for you, but you have to pay for it to show you how to work it out. You can definitely check your answers on there though
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