Bronwyn Harris6d ago

I have a math problem that is possibly a brain glitch or possibly something I don’t understand.

For the expression 5x+3y+10

It says to identify the factors (coefficient and sum of terms)

What are they saying? I don’t see a factor here we can take out

Show threadsmells of bikes6d ago
@Bronwyn me neither!
Show threadStrider Uwe 🇺🇦🇨🇦🇲🇽6d ago
@Bronwyn @smellsofbikes me threither. You could rewrite it in various ways, but I don’t see anything that would not be horribly twisted to fit.
Show threadBronwyn Harris
@UweHalfHand @smellsofbikes I’m very disappointed in this curriculum
Mar 26 at 2:32amWeb
Show threadStrider Uwe 🇺🇦🇨🇦🇲🇽6d ago

@smellsofbikes @Bronwyn What is this curriculum?

Looking at this, I wonder if it is asking “identify the pieces of this expression which are terms, … factors”? In which case, I would answer as you did that there are 3 terms, and for factors I would say 5, x, 3, y (can’t see the original now as I’m typing, hope I didn’t mess anything up!)

Show threadBronwyn Harris6d ago
@UweHalfHand @smellsofbikes Carnegie learning middle school math. I am consistently disappointed in it (luckily I don't work for a school but I have to help the students using it)