I have no idea what BFCCPS does. I just googled for the pdf so I didn't have to type out the problem or upload a picture :lol: I couldn't imagine doing it without taking algebra first. ​ Thanks that makes perfect sense!! We factored it out yesterday but I guess our brains were already fried because we didn't realize we were on the right track :blink:

My daughter and I need some help with a problem on her geometry worksheet. The answer key says 9 or 36 and we can see that 36 works but we don't see how 9 would work. We have no idea how they want us to solve it without just plugging numbers in till you get one that works with both equations. I'm sure it isn't as hard as we are making it. Here is a link to the worksheet and # 5 is the one we need help on. THis is how we have been trying to figure it out. n^2=3n+18 http://www.bfccps.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/math/Geo/chapter%204/Lesson%204-8%20Practice%20B.pdf

I am going to have her take the saxon placement test for Alg 2 today. If she passes it with a 85, with me grading it, then I assume it would be safe to move on. If she doesn't pass I will have her retake alg 1 this year with Lails before moving on. Either way I'm not sure about moving on with saxon.

SHe didn't self check with the solution manual. THe self grading is done online and you enter you answer on VHG and it tells you if its correct or not. You can submit an answer as many times as you need to till you get the right answer. I am thinking even though she had to rework it to come up with the correct answer that it made it a little easier especially on the test problems.

Haven't posted in a LONG time, but I need some advice because I'm about to drive myself crazy. My oldest who is going into the 9th grade this year took saxon alg 1 last year in the 8th. She did it using the virtual homeschool groups videos and self grading online problems. She finished with a low B, but when I show her stuff from other algebra books or even problems for saxon alg she says it looks familiar and knows about how to work the problem but can not seem to get the correct answers. My plan was to continue with saxon alg 2 this fall, but now I'm wondering if we should: 1. Retake saxon alg 1 in 9th but not use the online problems on VHG 2. Retake alg with another program like lials 3. Move on to Alg 2 and review where needed 4 Move on to a geometry program like Jacobs which is suppose to have alg review in it.

We are in Southaven :) Lol, by the time we finished editing the video we were sick of hearing it too!!

Thanks guys! They have two more in the works :)

My kids just made their first youtube video. It's a parody to "I knew you were trouble". If you could like and subscribe on youtube, I would appreciate it. I am trying to motivate them to be more creative with their screen time! Thanks:)

bumping again! Thinking of using this with my daughter next school year.

I don't post here a lot, but I am active on Pinterest! http://pinterest.com/blessedmom4god/

Thanks!

Sounds great!

Thanks!