Lial's Imtermediate Algebra - how long to take the chapter tests?

[northcoast]

My son is 14 and so far has self taught out of the 6th edition book. I haven't kept up with him. How long should I give him to complete chapter tests which have 25 - 30 problems? I want him to have practice taking tests which we haven't done much of yet. He just worked the chapter problems during the school year and some Jacob's Geometry too. Thanks!

[HSDCY]

We used the 8th ed. which has tests ranges from 15-30 problems. Ds never needed more than an hour to finish one test.

 

If the 6th and 8th ed. are similar, then I wouldn't give more than 3 minutes for each problem. For good math students 2 minutes for each problem should be enough, IMO.

[Jann in TX]

Most of my students complete the tests in less than 1 hour (with around 50 minutes being average). A few of my slower students take 1.5 hours (these are detail oriented students that cannot be rushed!).

 

If a student takes longer than 1.5 hours then I would be concerned they have not mastered the material...

 

I always assign ALL of the chapter review problems -- if students do well on chapter review then they will do well on the test... if they struggle they need a tutorial before the test and probably MORE problems to work out.

[northcoast]

Thank you! It is taking him 1 1/2 hrs but it's also material he just quickly reviewed not having worked on a lot since last fall. I like the idea of assigning the review material. It beats my good intentions of relearning this stuff and keeping up with him. :)