How to Use algebra in a Sentence

algebra

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  • Most kids that age are in the eighth grade, getting ready to learn algebra.
    — Heather Kelly, Washington Post, 1 June 2022
  • Research about whether eighth graders should take algebra is mixed.
    — Nirvi Shah, USA TODAY, 21 June 2023
  • Who wants to get a surprise test on algebra terms or math equations?
    — Alison Caporimo, Seventeen, 13 Aug. 2019
  • But after three hours of algebra, someone had to take the fall.
    — Kevin Fisher-Paulson, SFChronicle.com, 17 Nov. 2020
  • On his desk lies a book he's been reading, just for fun, on matrix algebra.
    — Everton Bailey Jr., OregonLive.com, 9 Dec. 2017
  • But just like in your high school algebra class, some couldn't manage to earn a B.
    — Ryan Serpico, San Antonio Express-News, 19 Jan. 2022
  • Can a four-year-old master fractions, or even learn algebra, in pre-school?
    — Jon R. Gundry, The Mercury News, 20 Mar. 2017
  • But with so much up in the air, the equation starts to look less like algebra and more like alchemy.
    — Lionel Laurent, Bloomberg.com, 19 Apr. 2018
  • This tangent line is called the Lie algebra.
    — Leila Sloman, Quanta Magazine, 3 Dec. 2025
  • If all goes as planned, by the time the students reach fifth grade, many will be taking pre-algebra.
    — Craig Harris, azcentral, 11 May 2018
  • In other words, all those things that stick in our brains while the algebra and physics fall by the wayside.
    — Matthew J. Palm, Orlando Sentinel, 10 Apr. 2023
  • The algebra class would have to be retaken online over six weeks.
    — Mike Mikula, Washington Post, 8 Aug. 2019
  • Ron Litwin, who was sitting behind me in algebra, poked me in the back.
    — David McGrath, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Yet in the three years since, the number of eighth-graders taking algebra has doubled.
    — Katherine Long, The Seattle Times, 1 June 2017
  • Seven months of war have taught them survival skills, not grammar and algebra.
    — Bilal Shbair, New York Times, 6 May 2024
  • But this is not how modern algebra textbooks present the topic.
    — Jonathan Corum, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2020
  • His clues include being 'top of the class', algebra, ringing a tiny bell, and a brief flash of a shark.
    — Alicia Vrajlal, refinery29.com, 24 Oct. 2023
  • For this, Grundtvig argues, algebra and grammar are not enough.
    — Vogue, 3 Mar. 2022
  • The algebra of need and exploitation will not change from one society to the next.
    — Dan Chiasson, The New York Review of Books, 15 May 2020
  • This is like trying to solve an algebra problem with two unknowns (and two knowns still being tweaked).
    — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Nov. 2025
  • In algebra, Clementine writes with her finger on a touch screen to solve equations.
    — ABC News, 25 May 2026
  • In algebra, Clementine writes with her finger on a touch screen to solve equations.
    — Jocelyn Gecker, Fortune, 26 May 2026
  • The initiative aims to restore eighth-grade algebra in the city’s public schools.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 12 Nov. 2023
  • The goal was to get them on a track that leads to calculus, starting with algebra 1 in seventh grade.
    — Leslie Postal, OrlandoSentinel.com, 23 Nov. 2019
  • His book contains plenty of word problems and their ilk, of the sort taught in the average algebra class.
    — Siobhan Roberts, WSJ, 19 Aug. 2022
  • The idea that students might score poorly on a placement test or get answers wrong in an algebra class was no surprise.
    — Tammi Marshall, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Caleb, aka Moze, is an algebra teacher who’s ready to see if Moze + Jenn = true love.
    — Dana Rose Falcone, Peoplemag, 3 June 2024
  • Even within algebra, there are just too many mathematical things to study for there to be time to make sense of them all.
    — Emily Riehl, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2021
  • Coppedge’s son, Jack, is a 16-year-old high school student who excels at algebra and physics.
    — Calmatters, Oc Register, 5 Dec. 2025
  • This is a lot of discreet really clever stuff about algebra, about graph theory.
    — Quanta Magazine, 7 Aug. 2025

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