Students learning algebra in their math lessons can be forgive for looking very confused after the first few lessons.  Algebra can seen difficult at first. Having been used to dealing with numbers during math lessons, all of a sudden now students are now dealing with unknown variables such as x, y and z.

In reality, we use algebra all the time in the real world and the studies of physics, biology and chemistry are based on many algebraic formulae and equations.

So, the sooner the student realises that algebra is a way of solving complex problems, the better he will be to deal with them and find answers.

Students new to the concept of algebra need to be familiar with the vocabulary first.

You need to know what something means before you can use it to help you solve a problem.  So, it is important for students to know about “like terms” such as:  x + 3x -6x where all the unknowns are of the same “type” as well as knowing about algebraic equations where there is more than one unknown.  For example, 3x+5y=10 which contains two “unknowns” which are “x” and “y”.

Just understanding this basic concept is a great start to understanding algebra.

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