My youngest son is now a freshman in high school, i have been out since 85! Need help with Algebra 1, I don't understand it and i want to be able to help him. Right now we are dealing with word problems, problem is there are soooooooooo many numbers, whether, oh geezzzzzzzzzzzzzzz, ughhhhhhhhhhhh....need math person to respond. I've done a problem, think i have it correct, but before i try to explain how i solved it to him so that he can learn and understand, i need to know if ive done it right!