How to Use algebra in a Sentence

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• Don’t quit because of fear or algebra, Worthens tell BYU students.
  — Valerie Strauss, Washington Post, 15 Sep. 2017
• Such institutions are less likely to offer demanding courses such as physics or advanced algebra.
  — The Economist, 13 July 2017
• Their efforts paid off: In 2015, Prickett earned an A in his college algebra class.
  — Kai Sinclair, Science | AAAS, 17 Aug. 2017
• Large numbers reported that they just were flummoxed by math as it was presented, particularly algebra.
  — Claudia Rowe, The Seattle Times, 18 Sep. 2017
• Magnet school students should be able to complete honors level algebra and geometry before starting high school, and need enough math instruction time to be able to do that.
  — Sarah Freishtat, Aurora Beacon-News, 6 Sep. 2017
• Most kids that age are in the eighth grade, getting ready to learn algebra.
  — Heather Kelly, Washington Post, 1 June 2022
• All-wheel drive would solve that traction algebra, but what's the fun in that?
  — Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 29 June 2021
• But with so much up in the air, the equation starts to look less like algebra and more like alchemy.
  — Lionel Laurent, Bloomberg.com, 19 Apr. 2018
• In other words, all those things that stick in our brains while the algebra and physics fall by the wayside.
  — Matthew J. Palm, Orlando Sentinel, 10 Apr. 2023
• But just like in your high school algebra class, some couldn't manage to earn a B.
  — Ryan Serpico, San Antonio Express-News, 19 Jan. 2022
• Eighth-grade algebra?—could offer clues about what, if anything, went wrong here.
  — Dan Kopf, Quartz, 15 Nov. 2019
• But after three hours of algebra, someone had to take the fall.
  — Kevin Fisher-Paulson, SFChronicle.com, 17 Nov. 2020
• His clues include being 'top of the class', algebra, ringing a tiny bell, and a brief flash of a shark.
  — Alicia Vrajlal, refinery29.com, 24 Oct. 2023
• If all goes as planned, by the time the students reach fifth grade, many will be taking pre-algebra.
  — Craig Harris, azcentral, 11 May 2018
• Caleb, aka Moze, is an algebra teacher who’s ready to see if Moze + Jenn = true love.
  — Dana Rose Falcone, Peoplemag, 3 June 2024
• The overall algebra passing rates in Broward fell from 91% to 70%.
  — Scott Travis, sun-sentinel.com, 7 Sep. 2021
• The algebra of need and exploitation will not change from one society to the next.
  — Dan Chiasson, The New York Review of Books, 15 May 2020
• But algebra performs its gymnastics over the fixed bars of the equal sign.
  — Quanta Magazine, 10 Oct. 2019
• Something about that math isn’t adding up; and fans were all too eager to demonstrate the algebra.
  — Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 6 Feb. 2023
• On his desk lies a book he's been reading, just for fun, on matrix algebra.
  — Everton Bailey Jr., OregonLive.com, 9 Dec. 2017
• The goal was to get them on a track that leads to calculus, starting with algebra 1 in seventh grade.
  — Leslie Postal, OrlandoSentinel.com, 23 Nov. 2019
• Who wants to get a surprise test on algebra terms or math equations?
  — Alison Caporimo, Seventeen, 13 Aug. 2019
• Amari Aaron, an eighth grader at the school, had Mr. Braddy for homeroom and algebra.
  — Ashley Southall and Nate Schweber, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2018
• Research about whether eighth graders should take algebra is mixed.
  — Nirvi Shah, USA TODAY, 21 June 2023
• His book contains plenty of word problems and their ilk, of the sort taught in the average algebra class.
  — Siobhan Roberts, WSJ, 19 Aug. 2022
• At age 65, Bill Gates continues to walk through life with all of the brashness of an algebra teacher.
  — Reid Singer, Outside Online, 24 Feb. 2021
• The initiative aims to restore eighth-grade algebra in the city’s public schools.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 12 Nov. 2023
• Fifty three percent of the 10th graders passed the FSA language arts exam, and 60 percent of those in algebra classes passed that test.
  — Leslie Postal, orlandosentinel.com, 28 June 2019
• Moze, a 25-year-old algebra teacher from Albany, New York.
  — Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 15 July 2024
• Efforts to improve student achievement in algebra have been taking place for decades.
  — Liza Bondurant, The Conversation, 19 June 2024

Last Updated: 27 Oct 2024