The branch of mathematics that turns simple-minded people into symbol-minded citizens, who work out the values of unknowns x’s, y’s, z’s with the help of constants a’s, b’s, c’s.
Algebra helps students to move from the particular to the general, by enabling them to speak the language of science so that they’d make sense of the workings of the universe.
by Fasters June 26, 2022
The branch of mathematics that turns simple-minded students into symbol-minded graduates, who work out the values of unknowns x’s, y’s, z’s with the help of a’s, b’s, c’s.
Algebra helps students to move from the particular to the general, as they learn to speak the language of science.
by Fasters June 18, 2022
Algebra (n.): from the Arabic Al-Gibbera meaning "the Gibberish";
the word has become corrupted to algebra and most students never know, though they may suspect, that they really are studying Gibberish.
the word has become corrupted to algebra and most students never know, though they may suspect, that they really are studying Gibberish.
Student A: Did you see that little sentence in our social studies book about the Middle Eastern philosopher who named algebra?
Student B: I don't take social studies....I'm trying to find X...
Student B: I don't take social studies....I'm trying to find X...
by blonde_geek January 7, 2010
by you will know hehe July 20, 2019
A school subject taught by oft-dull teachers who use boring textbooks, and dreaded by millions of kids and their loved ones, which would otherwise have provided students a good training ground in learning how to face the unknowns, especially if they refused to trade their time for money later in life.
Algebra is too important to be left in the hands of school teachers and publishers—students need to take charge of their algebraic life unless they don’t mind becoming lifelong employees slaving for others.
by Fasters July 28, 2023
A subject that teaches us how to know what we don’t know, by using letters and symbols to represent things that we don’t know in order to find their values based on things we do know, and some mathematical principles or rules.
by MathPlus May 19, 2021
by thejakester May 15, 2015