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My son is so so excited to get to Algebra (in part because he knows he needs it before he can take chemistry and he is so excited to take chemistry).

However, I want to make sure he is really solid on decimals, fractions, ratios, percents, and all the operations. For example, I just noticed that he was doing something funky when reducing fractions, and making mistakes. In part this is because he goes too fast, and also because when it is just an equation, he doesn't really think ,he just applies a formula. He rarely gets word problems incorrect, because he actually thinks about the question, and will sometimes sketch out what he is doing.

It actually makes me feel that all is right with the world when older kids are so nice....