{"id":9920,"date":"2019-09-19T04:07:38","date_gmt":"2019-09-19T08:07:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/?p=9920"},"modified":"2019-09-24T20:05:46","modified_gmt":"2019-09-25T00:05:46","slug":"why-is-algebra-so-hard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2019\/09\/19\/why-is-algebra-so-hard\/","title":{"rendered":"Why is Algebra so hard? :("},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"974\" src=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/20190919_034815_2-1024x974.jpg\" alt=\"Why is Algebra so hard? :(\" class=\"wp-image-9916\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/20190919_034815_2-1024x974.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/20190919_034815_2-300x285.jpg 300w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/20190919_034815_2-768x731.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Why is Algebra so hard? \ud83d\ude41<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Multiple variables are a head-spinner for sure, and algebra starts asking you to put together a lot of different math skills &amp; concepts to solve any single problem. I recommend working in groups and working with tutors at the CFLC: <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/BC-connors\">bit.ly\/BC-connors<\/a>.  Algebra is more approachable if you talk through it rather than just try to think through it alone. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/AW09232019-2.jpg\" alt=\"He is probably talking about abstract algebra^\" class=\"wp-image-10020\" width=\"320\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/AW09232019-2.jpg 500w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/AW09232019-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/AW09232019-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/AW09232019-2-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><figcaption>He is probably talking about abstract algebra^<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In that case, she or he has my deep sympathy. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Multiple variables are a head-spinner for sure, and algebra starts asking you to put together a lot of different math skills &amp; concepts to solve any single problem. I recommend working in groups and working with tutors at the CFLC: bit.ly\/BC-connors. Algebra is more approachable if you talk through it rather than just try to &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2019\/09\/19\/why-is-algebra-so-hard\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Why is Algebra so hard? :(&#8220;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[99],"class_list":["post-9920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-academics","tag-mathematics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9920"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9920\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10059,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9920\/revisions\/10059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}