Using the pre-test for the new Calculus course from Outlier.org with my younger son

Yesterday a new online calculus course taught by John Urschel, Hannah Fry, and Tim Chartier made its debut:

My Calc I class is officially live through @Outlier.org. @FryRSquared, @timchartier, and I all teach calc I, each in our own unique teaching style. The idea is to earn college credits for a fraction of the price. Let me know what you think!https://t.co/PK7Q35IZpI

— John Urschel (@JohnCUrschel) August 13, 2019

I think online learning has a lot of potential and even tried to put together a calculus lecture video library way back in graduate school. So I hope this one has success.

One thing that caught my eye browsing through the course information was the course’s pre-test. My younger son has been studying algebra this summer and the pre-test seemed like it might be a good challenge for him.

It is 10 questions – I think the work below is a nice example of how a kid thinks through ideas in algebra. Here are the questions and his work on them:

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