shinyhappypeople Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 What skills does DD need to prepare her for a typical (e.g. not AoPS) pre-algebra course? All I can think is add/subtract/multiply/divide whole numbers, fractions, decimals, and percents, and figure area and perimeter. What else? I know there's more. What am I missing? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcadia Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 Thats all :) It would help if she is confident in greatest common factor, lowest common multiple. For California, probs and stats are integrated into prealg-algebra 2 but no prior knowledge required. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shinyhappypeople Posted November 13, 2015 Author Share Posted November 13, 2015 Seriously? Oh my. I'm so happy right now. We're well on our way :) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKS Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 I would add being able to deal with word problems that use those skills. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
athomeontheprairie Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 I would add they should probably have been exposed to prime numbers, factoring, pemdas, exponents. But we will be entering pre-a this spring. So maybe all that will be covered and isn't necessarily a pre-req? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcadia Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 I would add they should probably have been exposed to prime numbers, factoring, pemdas, exponents. But we will be entering pre-a this spring. So maybe all that will be covered and isn't necessarily a pre-req? Exposure is good but these would be covered in prealgebra. So not a pre-req. Prime numbers are covered in LCM and GCF in the lower grades. It is better to know the order of operations than to remember it as PEMDAS because it is actually P & E, M & D, A & S so kids do get trip up later if they memorise the acronym without full understanding. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
athomeontheprairie Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 Exposure is good but these would be covered in prealgebra. So not a pre-req. Prime numbers are covered in LCM and GCF in the lower grades. It is better to know the order of operations than to remember it as PEMDAS because it is actually P & E, M & D, A & S so kids do get trip up later if they memorise the acronym without full understanding. Agreed. and I really did mean exposure to not mastery of them. :-) I was always taught pemdas straight across and boy did it trip me up! I teach it as couples, as you mentioned. And I'm glad I put a disclaimer on my previous post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplejackmama Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 I was just coming to talk about this!! I want/need a test? or something to help us shore up my son's math foundation. But what? I want to know what he's strong in, weak in and just clueless about. Ideas? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fourisenough Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 I was just coming to talk about this!! I want/need a test? or something to help us shore up my son's math foundation. But what? I want to know what he's strong in, weak in and just clueless about. Ideas? This may be an off-the-wall suggestion, but do you have a Mathnasium nearby? My sister took my niece for a free consultation this week and I was really impressed with the level of detail in the report re: what she knows/doesn't know. I wonder if you could glean similar info by using an exit exam for a 6th grade math curriculum? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplejackmama Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 This may be an off-the-wall suggestion, but do you have a Mathnasium nearby? My sister took my niece for a free consultation this week and I was really impressed with the level of detail in the report re: what she knows/doesn't know. I wonder if you could glean similar info by using an exit exam for a 6th grade math curriculum? No. But tell me more. What's it like? This sounds like exactly what I'm looking for. I need an outside set of eyes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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