Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: Quadratic Equations
Includes lesson, practice exercise, and teacher resource on how to factor quadratic equations. You'll find examples for using the factoring and graphing methods for solving, a twelve-question quiz with hints and answers, and a suggested...
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Illuminations: Algebra Tiles
Use tiles to represent variables and constants to solve algebra problems. Solve equations, substitute in variable expressions, and expand and factor.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Understanding Algebraic Factoring
This site from the Drexel University explains the principles of factoring symbolically using algebra tiles.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Suzanne Alejandre: Algebraic Factoring
Use algebra tiles to explore factoring of polynomials.
Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: Multiplying Binomials
Explains five methods for multiplying binomials: (Distributive Method, FOIL Method, Vertical Method, Grid Method, and Using Algebra Tiles).
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Mathedpage.org: Algebra Manipulatives: Comparison and History
This resource discusses the use of manipulatives in the study of Algebra. The author sees benefits in symbol manipulation to enrich understanding, in geometric interpretation strengthening the connection to other parts of mathematics,...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Introduction to Some Algebra Concelpts Using Cas
This series of activities provides an introduction to some Algebra concelpts using CAS. The activities start with Algebra tiles and CAS. Patterning is modelled for the students so that they can construct the knowledge rather than be...
Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: Completing the Square
A lesson, practice exercise, and teacher resource to help you plan classroom instruction on completing the square. Lesson contains steps to completing the square and two step-by-step examples; practice exercise is a five-question quiz...
Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: Review Factoring Polynomials
A wealth of material to supplement classroom instruction on factoring of polynomials. Lessons offer methods and guidelines for factoring as well as examples; practice exercises allow students to begin testing their factoring skills; and...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: A Sse Kitchen Floor Tiles
The purpose of this task about tiling a kitchen floor is to give students practice in reading, analyzing, and constructing algebraic expressions, attending to the relationship between the form of an expression and the context from which...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Football Path (Algebra)
[Free Registration/Login Required] Fun game involving designing a football path around the high school using pentagons and hexagons.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Graphing Is Great!
Students will explore graphing individually and in groups. They will also use an interactive activity to discuss slope and intercepts. To assess the lesson, students will use the floor tiles in the classroom as a large sheet of graph...