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Handout
Paul Dawkins

Paul's Online Notes: Algebra: Absolute Value Inequalities

For Students 9th - 10th
Detailed math tutorial features notes and examples that illustrate how to solve inequalities that involve absolute value. The process for solving inequalities with a (i.e. greater than).
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Unit Plan
Department of Defense

Do Dea: Algebra 1: Semester 1: Equations

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module through which students learn about equations including the following: Translating words into equations and equations into words, The Properties of Equality to help solving equations, Techniques for solving simple...
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Unit Plan
Goodwill

Gcf Global: What Are Negative Numbers?

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Learn all about negative numbers, which are any number less than zero.
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Lesson Plan
OER Commons

Oer Commons: Understanding Distance & Coordinates

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders find the distance between points on a number line by counting and by using subtraction. They then use subtraction to find differences in temperatures. Students discover that the distance between any two points on the...
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Activity
AAA Math

Aaa Math: Comparing Integers

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Students practice comparing integers with absolute values. The resource has learners determine if the first integer is more than, the same as, or less than the second integer.
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Unit Plan
Math.com

Math.com: Numbers: Multiplying and Dividing Integers

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
This site provides example problems and short explanations of the steps for multiplying and dividing integers. Students can practice the skills and check their answers by clicking on the tutorial to the workout section.
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Activity
Wolfram Research

Wolfram Math World: Absolute Value

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Defines the concept of absolute value in a variety of mathematical methods and difficulties. Includes special links for further investigation.
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Activity
Washington State University

Washington State University: Real Numbers

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site from Washington State University provides properties and rules of addition and multiplication that help with proofs.
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Unit Plan
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Inequalities and Absolute Value Case Method

For Students 9th - 10th
"Dr. Math" responds to a student question on how to use the case method in solving absolute value ienqualities.
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Solving Absolute Values

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The students can use a StudyCards stack to learn how to solve absolute value equations and inequalities. Later, they will learn how to use the calculator graphing capabilities to solve the same type of problems in a new way.
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Exploring Transformations of the Absolute Value Function

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Using both TI InterActive! and TI-Navigator, students become familiar with transforming the absolute value function y = A | x - B| + C.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Verify Absolute Value Inequalities With a Graphical Approach

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Find the solution sets of absolute value inequalities like abs(x-3)5 using the equation editor (y=). Focus on finding the boundaries of inequality intervals.
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Solve Absolute Value Equation

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This StudyCards set moves from explaining what an equation is, to solving an equation. The function approach is used to solve the equations.
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Exploring Families of Functions

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This activity provides students an opportunity to discover the similarities involved in shifting the parent functions for absolute value, quadratic, cubic, radical, exponential, and logarithmic functions. Students will also be given the...
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Absolutely Silver Dollar City Christmas

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will be challenged to submit an equation that "fits" a picture of a Christmas tree. Then they will generate an equation based upon a transformation of the picture.
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Knowing About Numbers

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students experience square roots, perfect squares, and absolute value to enhance their knowledge of numbers. Taking this awareness, students apply it to operations with integers.
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Equation Absolute Value Function From 3 Noncollinear Points

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Given 3-noncollinear points, find the absolute value that contains all 3 points.
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Absolute Values

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This set contains questions about graphs of V - shaped absolute value functions. Students are asked to determine maximum and minimum values, state whether the graph is opening up or down, and solve absolute value inequalities.
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Number Smash

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this activity, students explore basic Algebra concepts and Number sense. They learn the definition of sign numbers, absolute value, and numbers of opposite sign.
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Transforming Functions

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Explore transformations on an absolute value graph. Apply what you learn to Square root and x-squared equations.
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Guess My Coefficients App

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students play a game to identify the correct equation for the graph displayed. Through the game setting, they review graphs and equations of linear, quadratics, and absolute value functions.
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Activity
Math Medics

S.o.s. Math: Absolute Value Inequalities

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
After explaining the geometric definition of absolute value, this lesson will guide you through several examples in solving inequalities that involve absolute value. Practice exercises and their solutions are also included.
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Activity
Northeast Parallel Architectures Center, Syracuse University

Syracuse University: Properties of Absolute Value

For Students 9th - 10th
This site by the Northeast Parallel Architecture Center, Syracuse University, reveals the secrets to solving problems that involve absolute value.
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Activity
Northeast Parallel Architectures Center, Syracuse University

Npac Reu Program: A Practical Application

For Students 9th - 10th
Northeast Parallel Architectures Center of Syracuse University explains the idea of changing between an absolute value and an interval can be applied to keeping answers within a specific range which can be used in industry.