She's hanging up on systems of equations. I feel like she has JUST gotten consistent with solving basic equations and now, bam, we're there.
Wait. To me, this means, solve the following:
2x + 6y = 54
3x - y = -10
Is that right?
If she's expected to do this stuff, it's no wonder she's having trouble. This topic is
way past the beginning of this subject. If they just started algebra last month, they should at a point where they're solving things like 2x + 3 = 17 - 5x (I'm guessing that was tossed into "pre-algebra" and bundled with solving 2x + 7 = 21). They still shouldn't even be at rate * time = distance yet.
Solving systems of equations should be in last quarter of algebra 1, after functions (which starts with graphing a line).
This is what I mean about it being all jumbled up. I'm sure her teacher is trying, but if this is where they are, she's out of order.
