but there are alot of different ones
can you use a calculator?
we arent supposed to but i do
another EX:(-5a^3b)(2b+5ab-b^2+a^3)
yeah, that’s certainly excessive
thanks, makes me feel a little better
I’m going to be a senior in high school and I’ve rarely had that much homework
Ok, phew. So my teacher is an insane slave-driver
I had about that much in high school… Is your school specialized in some area? Mine was a computer science/engineering magnet school, so we tended to get a lot of homework in the math subjects, as well as physics and chemistry, but to a lesser degree. In grade 10, it was more like “recommended” problems though, and I think I was the only person who did them. 
so i’m guessing all your homework consists of the FOIL method?
It’s good practice anyway.
Just wondering… how exactly do you use a calculator for something like (2x+5)(3x^2+5x+7)? I assume all you’re being asked to do is expand. Is there something else? You’re using a calculator for one-digit multiplication? Doesn’t that take more time than using your head? 
heh - I wouldn’t have done them.
that is definitely excessive, is the teacher planning on going through all 200 of every student’s problems and checking for accuracy?
That is overkill. I’ve never had to do that many in AP Calc in hs! Hifi - you could graph those by putting (x+5)(x^2+3x+7) in your Y= and find out where the line crosses the x axis. Once you have your numbers (the answers), you can always reverse engineer the work. I hope none of my high school teachers ever find this post
Yes, my homework is maily FOIL. But thats just tonight. We go through 1 chapter every 2 days.
I didn’t do to well in math :sigh:
having lived in “the real world” for 5 years now. I haven’t used any math that I learned after like 8th grade.
Why they teach some things I don’t know.
Ug. I hated how the teacher managed to trick all the other kids into liking that foil crap. I had it this year too. Your teacher sounds about as cruel as mine during the last week of normal school for us. She assigned the chapter tests in the back of the book for every chapter in one night. (Each test had like 30 problems, 13 chapters in the book)
I’m going into my freshman year too. Yay…
Thats pretty exceesive and teachers have to also be reasonable because giving too many questions can be not beneficial for the student. My teacher seemed to be really strict at first but later in the term he started to feel the right needs since half of the class were new. He gives us about 20 questions on average and thats pretty reasonable for me and the class. Hes a good teacher and explains the topic throughly in class before any work is started. For example, Trig Functions of 20 questions would be reasonable whereas if 200 questions of trinominals would be resoanble and not of calculus. Could someone explain to me why some topics are done but are not even needed?
I’m going into High School Freshman Year
what Grade are you in?
200 of those ?? :huh: I bet you can sue her for that.
hint: theres a little useful program called derive
btw: what is the worst thing that can happen if you just don’t do it
If you ever pursue math in college, it’s kind of funny to learn that the “math” you’ve been doing ever since grade school isn’t really math at all…It’s just preparing you for the real stuff!
It’s kind of sad, but I know that I’ve spent 10+ hours working on 4 problems for an assignment before. I wouldn’t mind spending 10+ hours on 200 problems…you have no idea how frustrating it is just to sit and stare at a blank piece of paper trying to figure out the answer to a problem.
My advice: Don’t get too discourgaged. I remember some “unreasonable” assignments in high school as well. You’re teacher is just trying to prepare you for college 
-teet