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 – FUN-ctions, as Promised
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 – The Rules of Inequality
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 – Systems of Equations: From Frustration to 100%
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 – A Khan Academy Hat Trick
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 – Algebraic Basics Complete: Getting to Grips with Quadratics
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 – WARNING: Excuses Incoming…
I didn’t get as much work done this week as I had hoped. I started the week working on the Unit Systems of Equations where I learned that two related equations equal a “System of Equations” (ex. 5f + 10t = 5500 and f + t = 900) and how to solve for the point… Read More Week 6 – When Two Equations Meet: Systems of Equations
In Week 5 I was able to start and finish two units, Linear Equations and Inequalities and Graphing Lines and Slope. As the names would suggest, this week I spent all of my time learning more about graphs and how to determine where to draw a line and its slope based on a given equation on… Read More Week 5 – Drawing the Line: Linear Equations and Slope
This week I managed to get through two units, Foundations and Algebraic Equation. I’m happy to say I passed each unit test with 100% on the first try. I have six more units to go in the Algebraic Basics course. The Foundations unit was about 60-70% complete before I began it. As mentioned in a… Read More Week 4 – Two Units Down, Both Tests at 100%
This week I finished the unit Exponents, Radicals, and Scientific Notation and, with it, the entire course Pre-algebra. For the most part I found understanding exponents not to be too difficult. It turned out I still had a good understanding of exponents from high school. Things I learned/re-learned included: It’s helpful to imagine you’re always… Read More Week 3 – Pre-algebra Complete: Making Sense of Exponents