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Homework Help for the Impertinent One!!
Tuesday, October 20th, 2009 10:38 pmAll right, F-Listies, I am depending on you!!
The Impertinent Daughter has algebra homework that has completely stumped me. I have gone through my notes, gone through the book we got to help her, and even done a search on Google, but...
Okay, one, this problem makes NO sense to me whatsoever. And I can't refer to a text book because... there is no text book for this class. Why? Because the algebra teachers at the junior high decided this year that the text the district selected did not, and I quote, "adequately teach the algebra concepts that would be covered by the TAKS."
Okay, the last time I heard that, the Husbandly One and I decided to take over teaching Miss Priss math, and she was one of the few third grade students at her school who passed the Math TAKS.
Anyhow, because of that, the junior high's algebra teachers decided to write their own text book, so to speak, and they're writing it as they go along. Don't even ask me how I feel about this, because you probably know already.
Here is the problem:
The length of a rectangle is three more than twice its width. The perimeter of the rectangle is 27 inches. What are the dimensions of the rectangle?
She is expected to give the equation, and the dimensions (length and width).
Oh, and since she's supposed to take notes, and the teacher moves through this with blistering speed (being one of those people who knows her subject so well, she is lousy at teaching it), and explains things by teaching them shortcuts instead of showing them how to actually do the work... well, you see how we got here.
Oh, and just for shits and giggles (can you tell I am supremely annoyed?), there's another problem that is giving us both fits.
Tanya wrote four consecutive integers on the board. The sum of the fourth and five times the first was 957. What were the four integers that Tanya wrote?
Again, she's expected to give the equation, and the four integers.
She took notes on this type of problem today. Only... the formula she was given... won't work on this problem.
*bangs head into desk*
Please, if someone can tell us just how to work these damn problems (if they are, indeed, workable), we can come up with the answers ourselves, but... *flails*
Oh, and the teacher's solution when Miss Priss can't understand her explanations is to send her to the library until she can work the problem.
Perhaps she's hoping Miss Priss will find a real algebra teacher in there?
Help us, please!!
The Impertinent Daughter has algebra homework that has completely stumped me. I have gone through my notes, gone through the book we got to help her, and even done a search on Google, but...
Okay, one, this problem makes NO sense to me whatsoever. And I can't refer to a text book because... there is no text book for this class. Why? Because the algebra teachers at the junior high decided this year that the text the district selected did not, and I quote, "adequately teach the algebra concepts that would be covered by the TAKS."
Okay, the last time I heard that, the Husbandly One and I decided to take over teaching Miss Priss math, and she was one of the few third grade students at her school who passed the Math TAKS.
Anyhow, because of that, the junior high's algebra teachers decided to write their own text book, so to speak, and they're writing it as they go along. Don't even ask me how I feel about this, because you probably know already.
Here is the problem:
The length of a rectangle is three more than twice its width. The perimeter of the rectangle is 27 inches. What are the dimensions of the rectangle?
She is expected to give the equation, and the dimensions (length and width).
Oh, and since she's supposed to take notes, and the teacher moves through this with blistering speed (being one of those people who knows her subject so well, she is lousy at teaching it), and explains things by teaching them shortcuts instead of showing them how to actually do the work... well, you see how we got here.
Oh, and just for shits and giggles (can you tell I am supremely annoyed?), there's another problem that is giving us both fits.
Tanya wrote four consecutive integers on the board. The sum of the fourth and five times the first was 957. What were the four integers that Tanya wrote?
Again, she's expected to give the equation, and the four integers.
She took notes on this type of problem today. Only... the formula she was given... won't work on this problem.
*bangs head into desk*
Please, if someone can tell us just how to work these damn problems (if they are, indeed, workable), we can come up with the answers ourselves, but... *flails*
Oh, and the teacher's solution when Miss Priss can't understand her explanations is to send her to the library until she can work the problem.
Perhaps she's hoping Miss Priss will find a real algebra teacher in there?
Help us, please!!
