Khan/khan-exercises — Issue #8770: Solving for the y-intercept - not testing this skill
Author: KhanBugz
Created: 2011-12-15 21:21:49+00:00
State: open
Labels: firefox, hard, snowleo

Reporter: kristi.johnson@wayzata.k12.mn.us

My students are having a lot of difficulty showing proficiency on this topic because of the nature of the questions. SO many of them involve fractions (which I know we need to continue to work on), but subtracting fractions and simplifying fractions are NOT the skills that are being tested here. It is "solving for the y-intercept" and they can solve for the y-intercept but if they make a silly mistake in reducing or subtracting fractions, they miss a problem and have to start over again. Please make sure that the questions reflect what is actually being "tested".

Thank you!
Kristi Johnson
Plymouth, MN

[solving_for_the_y-intercept.html?seed=116&problem=0](http://sandcastle.khanacademy.org/media/castles/Khan:master/exercises/solving_for_the_y-intercept.html?seed=116&problem=0&debug)

[Answer timeline](http://sandcastle.khanacademy.org/media/castles/Khan:master/exercises/solving_for_the_y-intercept.html?seed=116&problem=0&debug&activity=%5B%5D)

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