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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Equations with Variables on Both Sides: Rubber Ducky Math

For Students 8th
Rubber ducky, you're the one ... to help solve equations. Young mathematicians use an interactive to set up a situation involving rubber ducks. This helps users visualize and solve an equation with variables on both sides.
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Handout
Charleston School District

Solving Equations with Variables on Both Sides

For Students 8th - 9th Standards
Where did all these variables come from, anyway? The previous lessons in the series ask learners to solve multi-step equations using the distributive property, combining like terms, and using inverse operations. Now scholars solve...
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Lesson Plan
West Contra Costa Unified School District

Solving Equations with Variables on Both Sides

For Teachers 8th - 10th
So many different ways to solve equations, so little time! Scholars learn how to solve equations with variables on both sides by using several different methods. They apply bar models, decomposition, and traditional algebraic methods to...
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Worksheet
Lorain County Community College

Equations with Decimals

For Students 7th - 10th Standards
Test your mathematicians' skills with a activity full of decimals and equations. The problems start simple with one-step equations and work up to multi-step equations with variables on both sides. The top of the activity has the...
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Worksheet
Lorain County Community College

Solving Equations Using the Addition Property

For Students 6th - 10th Standards
Challenge your mathematicians to simplify and solve a variety of different equations. This worksheet focuses on multi-step problems that begin with combining like terms and advance toward solving equations with variables on both sides. A...
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Handout
Charleston School District

Solving Exponent Equations

For Students 8th - 9th Standards
Show your class that not all equations are linear. The lesson asks learners to solve simple quadratic and cubic equations using square and cube roots. Problems include equations with no solutions. 
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Interactive
Scholastic

Study Jams! Addition & Subtraction Equations

For Students 5th - 7th Standards
Zoe is decorating a cake for her grandpa's birthday and needs to know how many more candles to add. Follow along as she explains how to set up and solve algebraic equations in this step-by-step presentation. Equations with negative...
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Lesson Plan
Code.org

Controlling Memory with Variables

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Not all variables are created equal. Discover how variables in computer science are different from variables in math class. Scholars learn to work with variables in computer programming by developing a mental model for how variables...
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Lesson Plan
Kenan Fellows

Multivariate Least Squares Regression Model with Variable Selection

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
The risk of contracting an infection in the hospital is low, but it does happen. Learn what risk factors have the highest correlation with hospital-acquired infections in the final lesson of a three-part series. Using the open source R...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Equations with Variables on Both Sides

For Students 9th - 11th
In this Algebra I/Algebra II instructional activity, students solve equations with variables on both sides of the equal sign.  Problems include the use of the distributive property to remove parenthesis.  Thetwo page instructional...
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Lesson Plan
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Mathematics Assessment Project

Solving Linear Equations in One Variable

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
A thorough and professional appearance characterizes a lesson on linear equations. Maturing mathematicians are taught to identify and exemplify linear equations with a single variable. They also classify equations according to the number...
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Handout
Charleston School District

Solving Equations with the Distributive Property

For Students 8th - 9th Standards
Now there are parentheses in these equations? As the lessons continue in this series, equations get progressively more complex. Eighth graders solve equations by applying the distributive property before using inverse operations. 
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Equation Word Problems, Vol. 2

For Students 5th - 8th
Use this equations activity to have your learners solve word problems containing equations with variables. They complete 10 multiple choice questions.
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Solutions of a Linear Equation

For Teachers 8th Standards
Use the distributive property to solve equations. The sixth lesson in a 33-part series has scholars solve equations that need to be transformed into simpler equations first. Class members apply the distributive property to the equations...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Equations with Variables

For Students 5th - 8th
Use this equations worksheet to have learners use the numbers given for the variable in the equation and then solve the equation. They complete five problems.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Equation Word Problems, Vol. 1

For Students 5th - 8th
Learners solve word problems and regular number problems having to do with equations with variables. They complete 10 problems.
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Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Equations and Formulas

For Teachers 8th - 12th Standards
Your class is asked to use inverse operations to solve eleven equations for unknown variables or to rearrange formulas to highlight a quantity of interest. By using the same reasoning as solving one- and two-step equations, algebra...
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Linear Equations in x

For Teachers 8th Standards
What does it mean to solve an equation? The resource revisits the concept of making a linear equation true. Classmates use algebraic methods to transform sides of equations to expressions with fewer terms. They use substitution to...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Solving Equations with Variables on Both Sides

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders solve equations with variables on both sides of an equation. In this algebra activity, 9th graders use more than one step to arrive at their final answer. They solve linear equations by addition, subtraction, division and...
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Solution Sets to Equations with Two Variables

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Can an equation have an infinite number of solutions? Allow your class to discover the relationship between the input and output variables in a two-variable equation. Class members explore the concept through tables and graphs and...
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Handout
Charleston School District

Solving Equations with Infinite or No Solutions

For Students 8th - 9th Standards
Where did all the variables go? Scholars learn how to interpret an equation when they eliminate all variables during the solving process. They interpret the solution as infinite solutions or no solutions. 
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Linear Systems with Addition and Subtraction: Fill in the Boxes 2

For Students 8th - 10th Standards
Systematically combine shapes to arrive at one solution. The resource models a system of linear equations using colored shapes. Pupils follow rules to combine circles and squares to add the two equations together, resulting in one...
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Flipped Math

Solve Equations

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Solutions for linear equations create solution sets. Pupils watch a video on solving multi-step linear equations. They then solve equations with variables on both sides of the equal sign, combining like terms and the distributive...
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Lesson Plan
Virginia Department of Education

Equation Vocabulary

For Teachers 6th Standards
You'd feel bad if someone called you by the wrong name — and equations are no different. Young mathematicians learn the vocabulary associated with equations and expressions identifying these components in sample equations.