Before sitting down to write this post I assumed I’d be starting it off saying something along the lines of “Week 16 was one of my least productive weeks so far.” My hope was to get at least ~75% of the way through Quadratics Functions & Equations but at this point I am closer to… Read More Week 16 – Dec.16th to Dec. 22nd

This weeks unit, Quadratics: Multiplying & Factoring, was once again a great refresher unit. Though I don’t feel like I understand quadratics and polynomials 100%, I now have a much better understanding of what they are and how to expand and/or factor them. As far as I know and as I’ve mentioned in a previous… Read More Week 15 – Dec.9th to Dec. 15th

Until this week I had only ever worked on linear equations which show up as a straight line when graphed. I had seen graphs with curved lines before but had never learned what equations produced those types of graphs. Working through the unit Exponential Growth & Decay this week, I finally got introduced to exponential… Read More Week 14 – Dec. 2nd to Dec. 9th

Initially, my goal was to get through every course on KA starting from Arithmetic and ending at Multivariable Calculus by February, 2020. I wanted to be able to apply to an undergrad program in one field or another that required a strong foundational understanding of math and, in order to apply for the following year,… Read More Week 13 – Nov. 25th to Dec. 1st

Although I technically only finished the unit test this morning (Monday, Nov. 25th), I managed to get through the unit Functions this past week. This unit has been the most difficult for me in the course Algebra 1. I began the week working through questions on intervals while using number lines and learned what the… Read More Week 12 – Nov. 18th to Nov. 24th

This week I started and finished the unit Inequalities (Systems & Graphs). In this unit, the questions began by having me manipulate inequalities, many of which took essentially the same form as linear equations (Slope Intercept form, Point Slope Form, and Standard Form), and had me solve for one or two variables. After having worked… Read More Week 11 – Nov. 11th to Nov. 17th

Two days ago I thought I’d be starting this post by saying “Systems of Equations are F-ing hard”. Writing this now, I still think they can be tricky, but I’m happy to say I just passed the unit test of System of Equations with a 100% score on my first try! What’s even better is… Read More Week 10 – Nov. 4th to Nov. 10th

My favorite sport to watch is hockey (go Leafs go!). If you didn’t already know, in hockey, if a team scores 3 goals in one game it’s called getting a hat trick. This week I got the KA equivalent of a hat trick. I’m happy to say I finished three units this week, Solving Equations… Read More Week 9 – Oct. 28th to Nov. 3rd

I did it. This week I achieved my goal of finishing the units Quadratics and Polynomials and Equations and Geometry, AND finished the Algebraic Basics course challenge. In Quadratics and Polynomials, I started getting a much better understanding of how polynomials and quadratics work, and understanding how to factor and distribute them. I found out… Read More Week 8 – Oct. 21st to Oct. 27th

WARNING: Excuses incoming…. This week was not the successful week I envisioned. Up to this point, I’ve managed to get a minimum of 5 hours of work done on Khan Academy every seven days. This week I think I got 3… Excuses: I spent all of Monday driving from Toronto to Stratford (my hometown) and… Read More Week 7 – Oct. 14th to Oct. 21st