beck Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 Can anyone recommend a good source of extra practice problems to go along with AoPS Intro to Algebra? I've got two kids doing this course at home. They just finished Chapter 2 and, while they understand all the concepts, they're still making more mistakes than I'd like to see. I'd love to give them some extra practice simplifying these complex expressions before we move on to solving linear equations. All the extra practice problems (for simplifying expressions) that I've found online either look too simple to be worth it, or they are solving equations, which we haven't done yet. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wapiti Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 (edited) Have you looked at the Alcumus section of the website? I haven't quite figured out the lay of the land over there, but there are definitely problems. I'm not sure how to limit them to certain chapters, etc. ETA: if you log into Alcumus, there is a "Focus Topic" box above the "Active subjects" box on the right side. This appears to allow you to select certain topics for problems. Fun!!! :D The other thing that comes to mind are the MM worksheets for algebra. I haven't read about anyone who has used them. Edited September 8, 2011 by wapiti Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebastian (a lady) Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 Can anyone recommend a good source of extra practice problems to go along with AoPS Intro to Algebra? I've got two kids doing this course at home. They just finished Chapter 2 and, while they understand all the concepts, they're still making more mistakes than I'd like to see. I'd love to give them some extra practice simplifying these complex expressions before we move on to solving linear equations. All the extra practice problems (for simplifying expressions) that I've found online either look too simple to be worth it, or they are solving equations, which we haven't done yet. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I was having my kids work through some of the Key to Algebra workbooks that we already have to solidify skills. With a lot of the problems in the early chapters, you can probably write additional problems pretty easily. (On the other hand my kids act like they've never seen problems when I give them the sets a second or third time.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deniseibase Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 You might try the worksheets here - http://www.agmath.com/1952/index.html This was Jason Batterson's website before he moved to AoPS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regentrude Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 We had the same issue in chapter 2 and we found it easiest to simply write a bunch of new problems for them to practice. (You can always give them the same problems multiple times, or just change a few numbers - they won't have memorized the problem.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beck Posted September 9, 2011 Author Share Posted September 9, 2011 Thank you all so much for your advice! This is just what I needed. The extra worksheets and re-assigning problem sets will definitely work. Alcamus also looks amazing - I didn't even know it was there. I have to confess...I logged in & started working a few problems to see how it worked and got hooked. I've been working algebra problems all evening...I couldn't stop until I completed my quest. :) Thanks again, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wapiti Posted September 9, 2011 Share Posted September 9, 2011 (edited) Alcamus also looks amazing - I didn't even know it was there. I have to confess...I logged in & started working a few problems to see how it worked and got hooked. Same thing happened to me late last night - I could barely keep my eyes open but I couldn't stop :lol: ETA: this is worse than angry birds Edited September 9, 2011 by wapiti Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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