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#1 Help Me ! » Newbie_teaching angry "I HATE MATH" teenager » 2007-09-30 12:48:01

foxluv
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My 15 year old granddaughter hates math and cannot even do the basics like add -17+17=0.  Her answer was -34.  I am pushing her since she always fails her math classes and she gets very angry!  She is taking Algebra again and I would like a problem in "order of operation", can someone help?
The problem should include all phases and be very long but simple.  Thanks

#2 Guestbook » newbie...hi all » 2007-04-22 09:01:28

foxluv
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I love math but now I have become a tutor to my 2 grandchildren who are failing in Algebra and Geometry.  I was very good in Algebra and had a really hard time in Geometry.  I have tried the Geometry but it moves too fast and I work full time and the 2 children[14 and 16] are new to my household.  They just lost both their parents and are having to cope with a whole lot.  They came from a very unstructured household where Mom said if you don't feel like going to school just stay home and never bothered about their lessons whether they did the work or not.  I can teach the Algebra just fine but my granddaughter cannot do simple math so I am at a loss to get her interested again in numbers and where to concentrate my efforts.  I have started with the simple worksheets for subtraction{negative and positive signs} and she has a really hard time with this.  For example -4-3 = -1(her answer).  Any suggestions?

#3 Re: Guestbook » hey!!!! » 2007-04-22 06:30:13

This is a great place for worksheets.  I have a 14 year old granddaughter who cannot even do simple subtraction let alone any Algebra which she is getting an F in.  The F is due to lack of simple math skills.  I have printed out a lot of multiplication, division and subtraction{positive and negative signs}.  She was getting 2 to 5 correct out of 20 in the subtraction and now she is missing 2 to 5 which is a large improvement.  Multiplication is worse since she does not know her tables.  I would appreciate any suggestions to peek her interest with math or any other subject since she is failing all classes.  A lenghy discourse on why she is so behind.

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