Paul Dawkins
Paul's Online Notes: Algebra: Absolute Value Inequalities
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).
Department of Defense
Do Dea: Algebra 1: Semester 1: Equations
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...
Goodwill
Gcf Global: What Are Negative Numbers?
Learn all about negative numbers, which are any number less than zero.
OER Commons
Oer Commons: Understanding Distance & Coordinates
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...
AAA Math
Aaa Math: Comparing Integers
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.
Math.com
Math.com: Numbers: Multiplying and Dividing Integers
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.
Wolfram Research
Wolfram Math World: Absolute Value
Defines the concept of absolute value in a variety of mathematical methods and difficulties. Includes special links for further investigation.
Washington State University
Washington State University: Real Numbers
This site from Washington State University provides properties and rules of addition and multiplication that help with proofs.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Inequalities and Absolute Value Case Method
"Dr. Math" responds to a student question on how to use the case method in solving absolute value ienqualities.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Solving Absolute Values
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.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Exploring Transformations of the Absolute Value Function
Using both TI InterActive! and TI-Navigator, students become familiar with transforming the absolute value function y = A | x - B| + C.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Verify Absolute Value Inequalities With a Graphical Approach
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.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Solve Absolute Value Equation
This StudyCards set moves from explaining what an equation is, to solving an equation. The function approach is used to solve the equations.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Exploring Families of Functions
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...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Absolutely Silver Dollar City Christmas
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.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Knowing About Numbers
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.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Equation Absolute Value Function From 3 Noncollinear Points
Given 3-noncollinear points, find the absolute value that contains all 3 points.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Absolute Values
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.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Number Smash
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.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Transforming Functions
Explore transformations on an absolute value graph. Apply what you learn to Square root and x-squared equations.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Guess My Coefficients App
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.
Math Medics
S.o.s. Math: Absolute Value Inequalities
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.
Northeast Parallel Architectures Center, Syracuse University
Syracuse University: Properties of Absolute Value
This site by the Northeast Parallel Architecture Center, Syracuse University, reveals the secrets to solving problems that involve absolute value.
Northeast Parallel Architectures Center, Syracuse University
Npac Reu Program: A Practical Application
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.