How much time per day does your child generally spend on math?

[siloam]

And for what grade? Just trying to decide what I should expect from my dd next year.

 

Heather

[SkateLeft]

I'd say we average about 60-90 minutes a day for Algebra 1 and up. We use traditional textbooks (Jacob's Algebra, Chalkdust Geometry, Foerster's Trig and Precalc).

 

Sometimes it's less, and sometimes it's more, but if we aim for at least an hour on math per day, then we have no trouble finishing curriculum during the school year.

[Pam L in Mid Tenn]

My 8th grader is doing better doing only about 30 minutes per day. "Less is more" in his case. Sometimes we do math twice a day at 30 minutes per session. I suppose his 'average' would be 40 to 45 minutes per day.

 

My 11th grader can sometimes finish very quickly. Other days he seems to drag it out over a couple of hours. It depends mainly on his motivation per day. I'd say his 'average' is about 50 to 60 minutes per day.

[CupOCoffee]

Mine are required to spent an hour a day on Khan Academy; currently we are boycotting math textbooks, so this is their only math. Not sure when we will go back to textbooks at this rate: they are both soaring on Khan and math causes NO MORE STRESS. My son is *finally* confident in himself and his math skills...can you tell math has been a rough road? :)

 

~coffee~

[regentrude]

DS 12 (7th grade): 45-60 minutes daily

 

DD14 (10th grade): it varies, she does not have to do math daily. Some days she does none, some days she works for three hours straight. She averages about 6-7 hours per week, or 100 hours per semester.

[SailorMom]

60-90 minutes a day ever since we hit pre-algebra.

[Hoggirl]

We used Chalkdust and spent one hour per day on math until Pre-Calculus. We then bumped it up to an hour and a half per day. Ds enrolled halfway through the year in a public charter. They have a 4 x 4 block schedule and their classes are an hour and 20-something minutes per day.

[Teachin'Mine]

Approximately 90 minutes per day for calculus. Since pre-algebra, it's been pretty consistent through the courses at 60 to 90 minutes per day. We use Saxon.

[Miss Marple]

On average one hour. Sometimes more, sometimes less. Both boys are doing algebra 2/trig.

[Nscribe]

Using Saxon, currently Algebra 1, 1 1/2 hours a day.

[Susan C.]

2 hours not unusual at our house. 30-45 minutes to figure it all out or watch a dvd, then the rest is doing the problems. Both dc liberal arts types, not math/science types.

[Mom22ns]

Dd 12, 7th grade 45-60 min/day

 

Ds 14, 9th grade 60-90 min most days occasionally more.

[Sebastian (a lady)]

And for what grade? Just trying to decide what I should expect from my dd next year.

 

Heather

 

For AoPS Intro to Algebra (studied with the book, not the online class) I'd say that each lesson takes 1-2 hours to work through the lesson and then do the end of lesson exercises.

[elegantlion]

Algebra level and he averages an hour a day.

[Gwen in VA]

Over an hour per day starting with algebra 1.

 

We usually do some math over the weekend, and we always continue math through the summer -- math just takes a LOT of time.

Edited February 22, 2012 by Gwen in VA

[SuperDad]

20-60 mins. daily for elementary; 60-90 mins. daily for upper.

 

We do math lessons six days per week, usually.

[KarenC]

My 9th grader is required to spend one hour a day on math. It sometimes takes longer depending on how many corrections she has to make.

 

Karen

[Enjoyinglife365]

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[Zee]

45-90 min. per day for Algebra I. That includes time to watch the BJU online lesson and to do the homework. Some days ds gets the homework done while the video plays. It's the same type of thing I did in school when the teacher was going too slow and I wanted to get my work done.

[LuvingLife]

For algebra 2 about 60 to 90 minutes a day depending on the level of work and how tediuos it may be. Sometimes more or less it all really depends.

[Nscribe]

So glad this thread is active at this time. My daughter was just bemoaning that math seems to always take longer each day than other tasks. I was great to show her she is not alone.

[Lori D.]

I guess we're slackers here. :tongue_smilie:

 

I do think a lot depends on the individual student and their abilities and maturity, but as a VERY general generalization, by high school (Algebra on up), 45-60 minutes was as much as our DSs could handle in one sitting and get anything out of it. If I could see that a lesson was going to go longer that an hour, I broke it up into two shorter sessions and spread the lesson over two days. Yes, that meant doing math into the summer by a few weeks to finish the textbook. But the point is: they "got" the math and finished the credit, -- just in the timing that worked for them. :)

 

Another option would be two math sessions in one day, and many students are fine with that. (Mine would NOT have been fine.) BEST of luck determining how your DC work best with math! Warmest regards, Lori D.

Edited February 23, 2012 by Lori D.

[Guest hilde]

Around 90 mins or 2 hours. He seems to like Maths i think.

 

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[Candid]

Younger son is doing NEM 1, he's taking less than an hour a day. Older son is doing DM Additional Maths is around 90 minutes maybe up to two hours a day, but he's also my careful, go over it twice child so some of his time is spent checking.

[MamaT]

About an hour a day from Pre-Algebra up. Sometimes we can get it done quicker, and sometimes it takes longer, but an hour on average.

[Jane in NC]

When I was high school student, I spent at least an hour on math homework daily--this after my 50 minute class. I think it is reasonable for homeschooled teens to spend more than an hour on math daily. It may be wise to break this into two sessions: lesson with some problems in the morning, followed by a return to math in the afternoon. Or it may be better to do some catch up work on the weekend.

 

Another thing to keep in mind is what I call the plasticity of the teenage brain. There are days when things just click. On other days, subjects like math go into the fog where they are lost. At times like this, an hour of work is not an hour of work. It is better to ignore the clock and examine a reasonable expectation of daily content. If the work is done in 45 minutes, it is done. If the work takes two hours, so be it.

[Shelly in VA]

I would say an average of 60 min/day. That's not quite enough for dd who struggles with math, but it is overkill for ds who breezes through math. :) I am requiring more from dd over the past 6 months or so, as we are really trying to ramp up the math preparedness for all her testing this year (PSAT, SAT, ACT, etc.). I have found with both kids that I have to phrase it as, "Either do 45-60 minutes of math or the next lesson, whichever takes the longest."