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| Question 60753:  My child is having trouble in algebra 2.  She got her progress report today and has a 68.  For the last couple of weeks she says they have been doing word problems and she says she does not get it at all.  She says she also does not get the inequalities, the teacher gives 5 different ways to do the problem and when she did the test she says he said she chose the wrong method? As a parent what do I do?
 Answer by Edwin McCravy(20064)
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You can put this solution on YOUR website! My child is having trouble in algebra 2.  She got her progress report today and has a 68.  For the last couple of weeks she says they have been doing word
 problems and she says she does not get it at all.  She says she also does not
 get the inequalities, the teacher gives 5 different ways to do the problem and
 when she did the test she says he said she chose the wrong method? As a parent
 what do I do?
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 Post problems on here, stating the exact instructions, and we'll try to
 help.  If the instructions say to use one method and the student uses
 another, then even if the correct answer is arrived at, the problem is
 still wrong!  Following instructions is extremely important.  Also.
 learning different methods of solving the same problem is also important
 because there are some problems that can only be solved by one method and
 others similar to it that can only be solved by another.  There is a lot
 more to mathematics than just getting the right answer.
 Edwin
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