Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: Millionaire Radicals
In a format like TV's "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire," students answer math questions about radicals to earn points and help their group win the game. Teachers need to create their own question bank, which allows this game to be used for...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Algebra: Single Variable Addition Equations
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Solve single variable equations involving addition.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Combining Like Terms With Rational Coefficients
Practice combining like terms for expressions that have rational coefficients. This requires adding and subtracting fractions. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Algebra: Systems of Linear Equations in Three Variables
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This lesson covers solving a system of equations in three variables (x, y, and z).
Purple Math
Purplemath: Negative Exponents
This resource covers negative exponents and demonstrates how to simplify expressions containing them. Explains why "to the power zero" means "equals 1".A negative exponent just means that the base 'x' is on the wrong side of the fraction...
Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: Addition and Subtraction of Radicals
Learn about like terms and the rules of adding and subtracting radicals. The examples are easy to follow and supply all the steps you need to know.
Purple Math
Purplemath: Partial Fraction Decomposition: General Techniques
Partial-fraction decomposition is the process of starting with the simplified answer and taking it back apart, of "decomposing" the final expression into its initial polynomial fractions. This reference material demonstrates the...
Wyzant
Wyzant: Negative Exponents of Fractions
WyzAnt reviews how to simplify fractional expressions that contain negative exponents and then lets you practice using the online worksheet.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Synonyms and Function Fictionary Using Ti Navigator
This activity will help students make sense of the idea of equivalence in Algebra. This is a fundamental concept behind simplifying expressions, a core topic in the curriculum. The graphical representation of a function can anchor...
Purple Math
Purplemath: Complex Fractions
A brief lesson, including good examples, on complex fractions is provided by PurpleMath.
Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: Scientific Notation
Dealing with very small or very large numbers can be tedious. Scientific notation helps simplify the process and this tutorial teaches students scientific notation with multiple examples, practice problems, calculator tips, and two...
Help Algebra
Help algebra.com: Order of Operations
Each step of the Order of Operations is described, then demonstrated in an example. A note on calculator use with order of operations is also included.
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Algebra Review: Combining Like Terms
Find a quick, concise explanation of how to combine like term. Several examples are given and explained.
Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: Adding and Subtracting Polynomials
A detailed explanation of polynomials and like terms is followed with many examples of how to add and subtract them. Lessons for the teacher as well as interactive examples for the students provide plenty of opportunities for practice....
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Powers of the Imaginary Unit
Simplify expressions with base i (the imaginary unit) raised to a positive exponent. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: 2.4 Solving Rational Equations
This section builds from previous sections on simplifying, multiplying, dividing, adding, and subtracting rational expressions, and it investigates how to apply those skills to solving rational equations. It also covers several...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Order of Operations
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is a lesson on order of operations.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Order of Operations
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart provides an introduction to the order of operations.
Other
New York State Education Department: Eighth Grade Math, Book One (2006) [Pdf]
Part one of three; The March 2006 8th grade Math test from the State of New York. The test is 27 multiple choice questions dealing with topics such as algebra (translating into algebraic terms, simplifying expressions, evaluating...
Other
Ode: Seventh Grade Achievement Test (Practice Test) [Pdf]
Half-length practice test for the third grade OAT (Ohio Achievement Test). The test includes 17 multiple-choice and 4 open-response questions dealing with topics such as number sense (order of operations, ratios), measurement (metric...
Wyzant
Wyzant: Distribution Worksheet
Ten distribution problems are provided in this worksheet from WyzAnt. An answer sheet is also available for checking the students solutions. The distributive skills required are limited to having one term (either a constant or a sign) in...