Name: Joan Beverlin
Email: jobev@owt.com
From: Kennewick, Washington
Signed In: Friday, July 30, 1999, 9:39 AM PDT
Comments: I am a math teacher at Kamiakin High School. Thanks for developing this site. Although the focus is entirely on the nuts and bolts of algebra, it does serve a purpose. It lets college-bound students review the basics of algebra that they are expected to know, and it gives me a resource for my students. I sometimes have them write step-by-step explanations of a process that they are learning. Your explanations will give them examples of one part of mathematics.

Name: Kirk Reichelt
Email: 7wwpengs@3rivers.net
From: whitewater, MT
Signed In: Monday, July 12, 1999, 10:48 PM PDT
Comments: your test was so easy that I am not going to worry at all about college beacause if that is all I need to know how to do I am going to sleep through college.... Kirk R.

Name: Beth
Email: sbmorrison@worldnet.att.net
From: Bellingham
Signed In: Sunday, July 11, 1999, 2:32 PM PDT
Comments: I find these problems difficult - I am 33 and returning to school. Thank you for preparing me on what to expect. I went to the book store and got a book to brush up on skills not applied in 15 years and I now can get the answer to problem #1! Any other recommendations??

Name: Elisha Grange
Email: Gaia131@aol.com
From: Ogden, Utah
Signed In: Sunday, June 20, 1999, 8:12 PM PDT
Comments: Hey, I can't seem to bring up the practice math test. My computer just flashes a grey screen and tells me that the server cannot be found. Please help me!!! Thank you so much!

Name: A. Robbins
Email: A1playr35@aol.com
From: Tacoma
Signed In: Friday, June 18, 1999, 4:11 PM PDT
Comments: I used the problems to help prepare me for the placement test. The only problem was when I clicked for an explanation of a problem the window never came up and repeatedly reported an error. This affected my study resource. It really affects the studying process.

Name: A. Robbins
Email: A1playr35@aol.com
From: Tacoma
Signed In: Friday, June 18, 1999, 4:09 PM PDT
Comments: I used the problems to help prepare me for the placement test. The only problem was when I clicked for an explanation of a problem the window never came up and repeatedly reported an error. This affected my study resource. It really effects the studying process.

Name: Steve Regan
Email: SteveRegan@aol.com
From: Zillah, WA
Signed In: Friday, June 18, 1999, 9:19 AM PDT
Comments: I was trying to use your website to check on materials to be used for school students. There is a problem with the Review, and Text portions of the website. Perhaps the computer is down. It is 9:10 AM on Friday, June 18. I really think this website will be helpful to students. It needs to be fully functional however.

Name: Alicia Arper
Email: a_arper@hotmail.com
From: Silverdale
Signed In: Tuesday, June 15, 1999, 9:46 PM PDT
Comments: I thought this was dumb, because any of the problems I didn't understand I couldn't get help because the "help" sites didn't work!!!

Name: Will Schimpf
Email: Billschimpf@msn.com
From: Stratford Ct. Notre dame Catholic High School
Signed In: Wednesday, June 09, 1999, 7:23 AM PDT
Comments: i was preparing for the sat's and i came across your web site. I was doing a certain "Solving Avsolute Value Equation" problem, and discovered that you infact did not proof read your answer because you had the answer as None of the above yet the correct answer is in fact "A"

Name: Boyd James
Email: BigTimeB@hotmail.com
From: Gulfport, MS
Signed In: Friday, May 21, 1999, 8:59 AM PDT
Comments: I liked this site. It seems like it would help someone who needed it. I think that this is very helpful.

Name: Jocelyn
Email: jocdej@aol.com
From: Bellingham, WA
Signed In: Monday, May 17, 1999, 9:23 PM PDT
Comments: I'm taking the math placement test tomorrow and these practice problems were great for getting me a little more prepared. However, the help sites weren't working, so I still can't remember how to do synthetic division! Hope it's not on the test! :-)

Name: John
From: Shadle
Signed In: Wednesday, May 12, 1999, 1:18 PM PDT
Comments: This is a helpful site for kids entering college

Name: Adriane Morgan
Signed In: Friday, May 07, 1999, 5:24 PM PDT

Name: James Bouwmeester
From: RCHS, Ontario
Signed In: Monday, April 12, 1999, 8:22 PM PDT
Comments: I found the test very easy. I am in Gr. 12 Math.

Name: Veronica Waynt
Email: MessinaLaw@aol.com
From: WSU
Signed In: Monday, April 12, 1999, 3:02 PM PDT
Comments: Could not access the test problems.

Name: Jonathan Harris
Email: quicky86@aol.com
From: Puyallup Wa.
Signed In: Friday, April 09, 1999, 11:21 AM PDT
Comments: Thank you for offering this helpful site to brush up on my math skills. Your effrorts are appreciated. :) sincerely, Jonathan Harris

Name: Jonathan Harris
Signed In: Friday, April 09, 1999, 11:20 AM PDT

Name: Ray McGlew
Email: rmcglew3@netreach.net
From: Pottstown, PA (but my sister lives in Seattle
Signed In: Sunday, February 28, 1999, 6:18 PM PST
Comments: Thanks for helping an old parent look halfway smart so I can help my daughter possibly pass Algebra this year!

Name: Gordon Bushaw
Email: gordonb@ad.cksd.wednet.edu
From: Central Kitsap School District, Silverdale, WA
Signed In: Wednesday, December 09, 1998, 2:27 PM PST
Comments: Intended or not, the implication of this "test" is that all there is of importance in high shool mathematics, or in preparing for college mathematics, is a narrow list of algebraic procedural skills, preferably when applied to rather messy numbers. Are underlying concepts, realistic uses, or alternate representations of any importance? What about concepts from geometry, trigonometry, probability and statistics, or discrete mathematics? Please understand that I don't object to the difficulty of any individual items, or to their inclusion in the test, but I do object to the narrowness and dryness of the selection.

Name: eDWArD hAVLIcEK
Email: What is E-M-A-I-L?
From: Harvard High School Computer Lab
Signed In: Thursday, November 12, 1998, 8:59 AM PST
Comments: Well, number 1 was rather difficult, but I think I got it. Number 2 was a little easier. Don't even ask me about number 3 because I skipped it. Anywho, I got 36/36 so any major colleges interested in me can MANUALLY mail me.

Name: eDWArD hAVLIcEK
Email: Email?
From: Longwood
Signed In: Thursday, November 12, 1998, 8:53 AM PST
Comments: Well, number 1 was rather difficult, but I think I got it. Number 2 was a little easier. Don't even ask me about number 3 because I skipped it. Anywho, I got 36/36, so any major colleges out there looking for me?

Name: jason plane
From: Harvard University
Signed In: Thursday, November 12, 1998, 8:39 AM PST
Comments: this test was easy

Name: jason plane
From: Harvard University
Signed In: Thursday, November 12, 1998, 8:39 AM PST
Comments: this test was easy

Name: Karma L. Herron
Email: vherron@televar.com
From: Connell, WA
Signed In: Monday, October 26, 1998, 10:40 PM PST
Comments: Hello. My name is Karma Herron. I am a math student of Mr. David Engelhard in Connell Washington. I am writing concerning WSU Math Day that was recently held at WSU Pullman in the CUB. My purpose of writing is to request a copy of the Speed Team Winners for Small Schools. That is a Small Schools Competition (winners & losers) Bracket for the Speed Team Competitions. If I am directing this letter toward the wrong division, I ask that it please be forwarded to the proper department and persons whom it concerns. Thank you very much. I appreciate your help. Please send copy to: Connell High School ATTN: David Engelhard Math Department P.O. Box 829 1100 W. Clark Connell, WA 99326 Thanks Karma Herron

Name: Marion Brown
Email: HylaBrown@aol.com
From: Bellingham
Signed In: Monday, July 13, 1998, 12:13 PM PDT
Comments: Regarding my previous comments, I now see that the chart does not mean that the absolute value of a negative number is a negative number, but rather, that if "a" is a negative number, the absolute value of it is the opposite of it, ie, -a. So the absolute value of a negative number becomes a positive number. The bottom line is that the absolute value of any number is a positive number! Thanks.

Name: Marion Brown
Email: HylaBrown@aol.com
From: Bellingham
Signed In: Sunday, July 12, 1998, 12:52 PM PDT
Comments: Regarding the "get help" feature for problem 1 - Your chart states that the absolute value for a negative number is a negative number....if I read it correctly. Shouldn't the absolute value always be a positive number. For example the absolute value of -5 is +5 ie, it is 5 units away from 0.

Name: Josh Berglund
Email: bit_strange@hotmail.com
From: Seattle (area)
Signed In: Wednesday, June 10, 1998, 11:44 AM PDT
Comments: Those were entirely too easy for a college student. We haven't passed Geometry yet and we aced that. Thanks. Josh

Name: Robert McIntosh
Email: mcintosr@nwrel.org
From: Northwest Regional Laboratory, Portland, OR
Signed In: Monday, June 01, 1998, 12:45 PM PDT
Comments: To me, these problems represent what is wrong in mathematics education today. Instead of testing what students know or understand about the concepts and applications of mathematics, these problems are only interested in whether students can 'do' the procedures of math. Math is much more than knowledge, rules and procedures but tests like this deliver the message that this is what math is. We are shooting ourselves in the foot if we continue to transmit this tired and inaccurate picture.

Name: Jennifer Haworth
From: Sumner, WA
Signed In: Thursday, May 07, 1998, 2:02 PM PDT
Comments: I liked this test, it gave me a good idea of what to expect on the test. I did better than I predicted. I really helps out.