Ok lets all take a nice deep breath and close your eyes with this image in your head.

 Sometimes when things are hard we let them get the best of us and we start to get super frustrated and then it gets even harder.  When this happens we need to find a way to let go of the frustration and find our focus.  Breathing - nice big deep breaths - and "happy place" can help.  If you are finding Algebra to be your source of frustration - think "In" and "Out" nice and slow with a mental picture of something a little less stressful.  Now think - where am I getting lost and lets go back to that and try again.  Go back to any of the previous posts and work from there.
The following links should also help - check them out and then do the questions at the end.  Enjoy a fabulous weekend!

math playground - do the algebra problems

5 equations to practice

aaamath.com - do the practice questions at the bottom


Word problems

1.  Five times a number decreased by two equals eighteen.

2.  When twice a number is increased by one, the result is thirteen

3.  Ten more than six times a number equals thirty-four.

4.  Sam and Joe are house painters.  Sam makes $5 an hour less than Joe.  On a job that took them both 40 hours to complete, they made $1400.  How much does Sam make in one hour?

5.  Kate makes $320 more each month than her husband Tim.  Together they make $2840 each month.  How much does Kate make in a month?