Today's soundtrack is Codie Prevost: Radio. This afternoon, I'm studying for my polynomials test which I'll be taking tomorrow morning. My focus will be on factoring through decomposition, identifying perfect square polynomials, simplifying polynomials, and calculating through the Difference of Squares method. Also, because decomposition of factors is the most metal thing EVER, I made … Continue reading 06.17.2018: One Lesson of Math

Today's soundtrack is Morbid Angel: Kingdoms Disdained, which on its intro track has one of the cooler metal beats I've heard. This morning, I'm going to continue learning how to use my TI-83 Plus, which I will be using in my pre-calculus class that I'm starting tomorrow. According to the user manual, the Ti-83 Plus … Continue reading 07.02.2018: Learning to use the TI-83 Plus (Part 2)

Today's soundtrack is Angelo Badalamenti: Twin Peaks Limited Event Series Original Soundtrack. "Laura's Theme" is such an emotional piece of art. This morning's project is a bit different; my friend gave me his old TI-83 Plus, which I'll be using for my aforementioned upcoming pre-calculus math course. Today, I'll go through the manual and learn … Continue reading 06.30.2018: Learning to use the TI-83 Plus (Part 1)

Today's soundtrack is Tim Hicks: New Tattoo. I'm going on to the next lesson of trigonometry on Khan Academy this afternoon. From the Pythagorean theorem, we know that h² = the square of the sum of the other two sides - which could be thought of as h² = o² + a² (hypotenuse² = opposite² … Continue reading 06.27.2018: One Lesson of Math

Today's soundtrack is Haken: Visions. I've completed Basic Math & Pre-Algebra For Dummies, which was a personal goal that I'd set for myself before taking any teacher-led math courses. I'll be starting a month-long Foundations of Math and Precalculus course on July 3, so to prepare for that, I've signed up for two Khan Academy … Continue reading 06.26.2018: One Lesson of Math

Today’s soundtrack is Saor: Guardians. This morning, I’ll be reading the final chapter of Basic Math & Pre-Algebra for Dummies Workbook, and the last two chapters of Basic Math & Pre-Algebra for Dummies. These three chapters are all short and don’t have a worksheet section, so I’m just going to do all of them at … Continue reading 06.24.2018: One Chapter of Math

Today's soundtrack is Richard Cheese: Lounge Against The Machine. This morning's activity was a bit different from my usual ones; my father-in-law was putting together a math placement test for his work, and he asked me to give it a try. I finished it in 51 minutes. I felt quite confident about most of the … Continue reading 06.17.2018: One Chapter of Math

Today's soundtrack is The Antlers: Hospice. This afternoon, I'm working on chapter 23 of Basic Math & Pre-Algebra, "Putting Mr. X to Work: Algebra Word Problems." Algebra word problems "bring together a lot of what you know" (p. 311), which makes them a great exercise. The first thing we want to do with an algebra … Continue reading 06.16.2018: One Chapter of Math

Today’s soundtrack is Noah Gundersen: Carry the Ghost. This morning, I’m working on chapter 22 of Basic Math & Pre-Algebra For Dummies, “Unmasking Mr. X: Algebraic Equations,” in which I will learn how to find out what number a variable stands for, which is “called solving for x” (p. 299). There are four ways to … Continue reading 06.08.2018: One Chapter of Math