When my daughter started ninth grade at her New York City public high school, she was placed in algebra 1. She’d already ...

“You gotta settle down and get this done.” Not all eighth graders are ready for the abstract concepts — like variables, linear functions, slope — that come with Algebra 1, some experts and teachers ...

Algebraic expressions can be expanded - multiplied by one or more terms. They may also be simplified – made shorter and simpler by collecting like terms. Multiply \(-3\) by \(-4\) using the rule ...

Adams: My math-and-physics-teacher husband knew that if our daughter didn't take geometry in 9th grade, she'd never get to calculus. He was right.