Sentences with phrase «to do algebra»

Before they can say, «I can't do algebra,» they already have.

It is like a mathematics teacher in high school who might say to a student, «Verily, verily I say unto thee, except thou canst do decimals and fractions, thou canst in no wise do algebra.»

It is not that the teacher will not allow you to do algebra because you are a bad person; you just won't be able to do basic algebra if you are not in command of decimals and fractions.

The breastfed children are the ones doing algebra in second grade and the formula fed ones are their noisy counterparts who are busy chasing each other around with chainsaws....

Phone call # 4: The mother of a highly gifted girl who does algebra in her head «for fun» and consistently scores four years above grade level on tests of mathematics achievement called to ask me how she could convince the classroom teacher and the gifted coordinator that her young daughter did not need to keep adding and subtracting one - and two - digit numbers with the rest of the third grade class.

Thanks to the program, developed with support of a USED i3 innovation grant, parents don't have to help their child do algebra homework.

So when their students get to high school, they can't really do algebra either because they don't understand how the arithmetic works.»

My wife is bright, but I can still do Algebra 2 through Calculus.

You wouldn't buy a bed that also does algebra, shovels the walk, and speak Esperanto.

As a programmer and someone who used to get excited when we got to do algebra in Maths class, I instinctively «get» games like this.

He probably made them do algebra

The future mathematician's father said, «Son, doing algebra is just like arithmetic, except you substitute letters for numbers.

I learned painfully that knowing how to do algebra was by no means sufficient for being able to teach algebra successfully.

I think we have to reverse this order of things — that the order in which we teach mathematics and science today starts with the most abstract, the most static, and you learn to do manipulation of numbers, then you learn to do algebra, then you learn to do calculus, and at last you can apply it to something real.

You were born to do algebra.»

Stacy Quiros, Whitefield's band director and one of the school's founders, explains, «Even though we may be doing algebra, we can say that the wonder of math and the beauty of numbers come from this creative God we serve.

But at the turn of the 20th century, the introduction of electricity and the widespread adoption of capital - intensive technologies boosted the demand for skilled mechanics, technicians, clerks — people who could read manuals and do algebra.

They'll answer a battery of questions, testing their skills in areas like using percentages, working with fractions and doing algebra, and at times they'll feel both frustrated and proud.

You must be able to add before you can do algebra.

He wants state officials to raise the bar so when a kid passes the algebra exam, it truly means he can do algebra.

«If you do algebra in grade 8, then you have four years — and if you need to repeat, you can repeat, or you can reach calculus by grade 12.

Not only does a student need a calculator to do algebra, but they also need to know how to practice refusal skills when a friend offers them drugs.

Have you done your algebra problems?

You don't have to be able to do algebra in your head to figure out that you're going to have to sell a huge amount of books at $.99 / apiece to make up for that lost percentage.

For those who want to manipulate the formula, who prefer to do algebra, it's out there to give it a try.

Read your meter, do some algebra, and embrace the adventure to explore your home, your life, and the energy it all takes.

You have to have somewhere to write down lists and sketch out ideas / do algebra.

The difference between Tumblr and Twitter is that Twitter users are all upset about Luigi's dick bulge because they're so fucking basic and Tumblr users are doing Algebra to figure out that it's roughly 3.7» flacid and they're so happy for him to have a dick.

why did I have to do algebra in school instead of learning something really useful like this?