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Algebra One MAG

By Anonymous

   Remember all those rationals and irrationals, the ones we got confused?

I still get them wrong and I am not very amused.

Digits and decimals, too many D's

But wait until we start on those x, y, and z's.

Powers of 10 are expressed by exponents in many ways,

But, remember, there is only one and that is to have them raised.

Counting all those zeros makes me very crazy,

So use that scientific notation and don't be so lazy.

Collections of elements in sets are a breeze.

Elements follow a pattern just like 1, 2, and 3's.

A variable is a symbol like x which has 1 value, not 2.

If you put the right variable in an open sentence, the statement will be true.

Factoring numbers can be such a bore!

But, prime numbers are the best since the factors are only 1 and itself, and nothing more.

Basic axioms of algebra leave you in awe,

But not to understand them is one major flaw.

The most important axiom is the distributive one.

It's the one we used the most, but it wasn't that fun.

Reciprocals are the numbers that always do a flip upside down.

Inverses are very different and in their own special way they turn around.

Numbers and variables are jumbled disorderly,

Are called equations and are only solved algebraically

Solving inequalities can make you want to die,

But, there are only 3 choices: greater than, less than, or equal to, so there is no need to cry.

Polynomials can leave you in such a disarray,

But, just remember there are coefficients and constant terms and then you will be straightened out today.

Products of binomials can take you so long to do a few.

But, just skip the steps and use FOIL without a big to do.

Figuring out ordered pairs can leave you in such a mess.

But, if you remember the x-axis, y-axis, and origin, you'll do them with success.

Systems of linear equations can be solved in 4 different ways.

Substitution, addition method, determinants, and graphing with different rays.

The slope always equals rise over run.

If you remember this you'll always get those problems done.

Quotients of 2 polynomials are called Rational Algebraic Expression.

If you don't reduce them fully they will leave you in a great big depression.

Square roots and cubic roots leave me very puzzled, But the index and radicand leave me troubled.

Square-free integers can't be broken down anymore.

They are like 2, 3, and 5, but never integers like 16 or 4.

There are many other rules, guidelines and steps to Algebra 1

But, we still have Geometry, Algebra 2 and Analysis to continue the fun!!!





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on Apr. 30 2013 at 9:36 pm
YonnaLovess BRONZE, Washington, District Of Columbia
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Favorite Quote:
Life Is What You Make It

Wow... I Pass  Alegebra 1 Now But It Would Have Help Me To Remember The Steps.. Love It.! Congrats.!

on Feb. 25 2013 at 7:18 am
SaphiraBrightscales DIAMOND, Islamabad, Other
75 articles 16 photos 1136 comments

Favorite Quote:
I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
- Maya Angelou
When i was little/I used to point a chubby finger toward the dark sky/And ask my father/why some stars moved and others didn’t/He would laugh and explain that some were airplanes/I still wish on them today ~ Laugh-It-Out
The feathers of a crow are black/The ink of my pen is blacker/The pain of my heart is blackest~ Mckay
If love produced a blossom/I’d take it in my palm/What a blessing, the bright color!/How soothing, such a balm!/I’d keep a petal for my own/The rest, drop from my hands/For such a flower would multiply/And populate the lands~ thesilentraven
And I began to rival legends/Long entombed before my birth./But for all my much envied fame/The lust for more would not abate./The plaques and prizes with my name/Will, like all things, disintegrate. ~ TheEpic95 now known as Helena_Noel

Congratulations on getting it into the magazine!

on Feb. 4 2013 at 10:13 am
EtherealLibretto GOLD, Z, New Hampshire
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Favorite Quote:
"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars." -Oscar Wilde

Haha what a great poem! I'm currently in Algebra One and I hate it. I'm not a math person but I love the poem!

on Jan. 13 2013 at 5:08 am
SaphiraBrightscales DIAMOND, Islamabad, Other
75 articles 16 photos 1136 comments

Favorite Quote:
I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
- Maya Angelou
When i was little/I used to point a chubby finger toward the dark sky/And ask my father/why some stars moved and others didn’t/He would laugh and explain that some were airplanes/I still wish on them today ~ Laugh-It-Out
The feathers of a crow are black/The ink of my pen is blacker/The pain of my heart is blackest~ Mckay
If love produced a blossom/I’d take it in my palm/What a blessing, the bright color!/How soothing, such a balm!/I’d keep a petal for my own/The rest, drop from my hands/For such a flower would multiply/And populate the lands~ thesilentraven
And I began to rival legends/Long entombed before my birth./But for all my much envied fame/The lust for more would not abate./The plaques and prizes with my name/Will, like all things, disintegrate. ~ TheEpic95 now known as Helena_Noel

Sarcastic and Fun at the same time plus you talked about maths so well, its a good way to memorize all those little things too... Also love the ryhme.. :D

vazenitran98 said...
on Dec. 22 2012 at 10:33 am
vazenitran98, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Favorite Quote:
"I had the blues because I had no shoes until upon the street,I met a man who had no feet."

This was quite fun to read. It made perfect sense and I loved each verse :)

Nessa13 GOLD said...
on Nov. 30 2012 at 10:34 am
Nessa13 GOLD, Charlestown, Indiana
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Favorite Quote:
"Love, but never fall in love, because things that fall get broken"
-Taylor Swift

I liked it, but it gave me a headache!!! haha to much math! But, it was REALLY good! <3

on Sep. 21 2012 at 7:59 pm
CelebrateDifferences, Long Island, New York
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Favorite Quote:
“Gods of Olympus.” Piper stared at Leo. “What happened to you?”
His hair was greased back. He had welding goggles on his forehead, a lipstick mark on his cheek, tattoos all over his arms, and a T-shirt that read HOT STUFF, BAD BOY, and TEAM LEO.
“Long story,” he said.”

hahahah. This is so intelligent of you to put all that math in a great poem!

bluhs said...
on Jun. 29 2012 at 7:07 pm
bluhs, E, Alabama
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Haha! This was funny.

on May. 16 2012 at 4:46 pm
xWritingGeek13x SILVER, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Favorite Quote:
"I don't know how you'll do it, but you will change the world for the better."
-My Mother

Oh my gosh, this so describes Alg. 1!

on Mar. 11 2012 at 10:49 pm
otherpoet SILVER, Wayland, Massachusetts
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Favorite Quote:
"For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone." - Audrey Hepburn

This poem is so amazing :) it was funny, sarcastic and witty. I'm planning on showing it to my math teacher. This is great, keep writing!

asofnow GOLD said...
on Mar. 11 2012 at 7:41 pm
asofnow GOLD, Troy, Michigan
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Favorite Quote:
Nothing gold can stay ~ Robert Frost

Algebra 1 was pretty easy, now I'm on Precalc.. and I really dislike it..

Who here understands mathamatical induction.. if you do.. help me!


on Jan. 30 2012 at 11:15 pm
michaela mrianda BRONZE, Temporary, Other
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math is my enemy! i think thats why im so good a language arts this poem helps a lot...now i just have to rember it all...thanks this all ready helps half the things you said we were donig in class and i dident even get. would i b ok if i showed this to my math teacher all credit will be yours.

on Jan. 27 2012 at 2:33 pm
Studio_Riet GOLD, Tonasket, Washington
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Favorite Quote:
" Times you see, is a little arrangement that man has made for himself to try to measure the immeasurable mysteries of life." -Calypso to Ulysses (Bernard Evslin.)
"You don't have a soul, you are a soul. You have a body" - CS Lewis

Ugh. I did NOT like Algebra 1. This poem explains a lot of it. It's funny, though, and makes light of the math situation :)

on Jan. 27 2012 at 8:37 am
chloena_garrett GOLD, Colorado City, Texas
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Favorite Quote:
At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet.

Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.

A poem is never finished, only abandoned.

Art is the only way to run away without leaving home.

LOL this is hilarious. Great poem. I love your work. Do you think you could check out some of mine?

on Jan. 27 2012 at 2:03 am
Wildflower30 SILVER, Kolkata, Other
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Favorite Quote:
Create your own sayings, for only then do they make sense most. ---- Me

I love Math, but the calm way you expressed the whole thing was amazing. I love the 3rd and 4th lines. Satiric. :)

Ella1 GOLD said...
on Jan. 5 2012 at 7:13 pm
Ella1 GOLD,
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Haha I love this great work!

Priyanka_A said...
on Jan. 5 2012 at 10:11 am
this is hilarious! i took alg 1 last year, and you pretty much covered it all. You have great talent and maybe you could check out some of my work?

on Dec. 4 2011 at 1:27 am
thanks it help me a lot 

JuneTaz said...
on Nov. 23 2011 at 9:19 am
Good rhyming words and detail! It literally reminded me of my algrebra classroom, learning lessons all over again. I think it would flow better if you took out a few unnecessary words, and tried to have the rhyming lines about the same length. Luv the last line!

on Nov. 22 2011 at 6:59 pm
emoali18 BRONZE, Indianapolis, Indiana
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This was so awesome! I love the rhyming and I am totally jealous of your poetic skills! Poetry has never been my thing, but I always wish it was! Great job!