Algebra - when can we stop!

[tmkclscroggins]

We are in chapter 10 of Foerster's Algebra 1. What chapter can we comfortably stop ? Do we need to finish the book or is there a stopping point somewhere earlier?

Thanks,
Melissa

[Maverick]

When my ds did Foerster I made him do the whole book b/c he was in 7th grade and I was trying to slow him down. ;-) However, other ds who did Jacobs skipped a couple chapters b/c we needed to get done & move on. So, I'm not opposed to the practice when necessary. In Foerster if I were on ch 10 and wanted to finish quickly I'd skip chapters 11 (more operations w/ polynomials), 12 (rational expressions) and 14 (functions and advanced topics) and just finish ch 10 (exponents) and then do ch 13 (radicals) and call it good. I put in the topics in case your book is a different version and has the chapters arranged differently. Good luck!

[Karin]

We're a finish-the-book family here, but we go year round. The question is, how much is needed to do the next level of math? I just assume all unless they can test out of it.