EDITOR: I disagree that most students will not use algebra in their lives. Every shopper is looking for the answer to the actual price when a sale is advertised as 15 percent, 20 percent or any ...

Which Algebra for Dummies book is best? In short, algebra is dealing with problems involving variables and unknowns. It can range from something as simple as finding a single exponent — labeled “x” — ...

Students across the country struggled with advanced algebra on a first-of-its-kind test in that subject, according to a report to be released this week by Achieve, the nonprofit Washington ...

A Sacramento County Superior Court judge last week ordered the California state board of education to postpone its bold and expensive plan to require all 8th graders to be tested in algebra. The board ...

I have more than 40 years of experience as a professor of electrical engineering and a research-and-development scientist in an industrial field, where I utilized mathematics from concept to product.

AUSTIN -- Algebra I is still a challenge for many Texas students, although the passing rate on the end-of-course exam rose this spring, the Texas Education Agency reported Monday. The passing rate on ...

Prepares students for Precalculus and other higher math courses requiring intermediate algebra. Topics include: linear equations and inequalities, absolute value equations and inequalities, systems of ...