Illustrative Mathematics
Gotham City Taxis
Taxi! Have your travelers figure out how far they can go in a taxi for $10.00. They must account for the mileage rate and tip in their calculation. They can set up a table or make an equation to solve for the exact mileage they can...
Illustrative Mathematics
Coupon Versus Discount
All too often stores give coupons for an item, but when you go into buy it, the item is on discount. The store won’t take the coupon if the discount is used. So what do you do, use the coupon or take the discount? This activity...
Curated OER
Basketball
Tap into the competitive nature of teenagers as your class practices setting up and solving rational equations. This activity starts with a specific ratio of games won to games played, then asks how many more games must be played to...
Illustrative Mathematics
Fruit Salad
Playing with values in this fruit salad problem allows learners to find out how many cherries were mixed in. Your middle schoolers can organize their thoughts in a chart before going into the equation. Eigth graders can skip the chart...
Education Development Center
Absolute Value Reasoning
Teach solving absolute value inequalities through inquiry. Groups use their knowledge of absolute value and solving inequalities to find a solution set to an absolute value inequality. Working collaboratively encourages discussion,...
Illustrative Mathematics
Shrinking
Is Aunt Nancy shrinking? Find out by calculating with the average height women lose each year. The activity practices multiplying and dividing with decimals and rounding the final answer.
Curated OER
Summer Intern
Your young apprentices build a function describing the percent concentration of salt in a brine. The rational function is then related to the parent function, y= 1/x, and graphed. Finally, the apprentices predict the amount of fresh...
5280 Math
Pythagorean Triples
From Pythagorean triples to the unit circle. Learners use the Pythagorean Theorem to find Pythagorean triples and then relate their work to the unit circle in a fun algebra project. Their discovery that x^2+y^2 is always equal to one on...
Education Development Center
Rectangles with the Same Numerical Area and Perimeter
Is it possible for a rectangle to have the same area and perimeter? If you disregard units, it happens! In a challenging task, groups work to determine the rectangles that meet these criterion. The hope is that learners will naturally...
Education Development Center
Creating a Polynomial Function to Fit a Table
Discover relationships between linear and nonlinear functions. Initially, a set of data seems linear, but upon further exploration, pupils realize the data can model an infinite number of functions. Scholars use multiple representations...
Curated OER
Task: Miniature Golf
"Fore!" All right, no one really yells this out in miniature golf, but this well-defined activity will have your charges using lots of numbers in their unique design of a miniature golf hole. Included in the activity criteria is the...
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Practice Problems: Solving Rational Equations
Twenty-six problems present a variety of practice solving rational equations. They are given with each step to the solution cleverly revealed one at a time. You can work each step of the problem then click the "View Solution" button to...
Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: Solving Fractional Equations
Use this site to learn how to eliminate the denominators to make solving these equations easier. Examples contain algebraic fractions with monomials and higher degree polynomials in the denominators.
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Mesa Community College: Solving Rational Equations Practice Problems
Eight rational equations to solve. Answers and complete solutions are available.
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Practice Problems: Solving Rational Equations
Twenty-six problems cover the topic of solving a variety of rational equations. They are given with each step to the solution cleverly revealed one at a time. You can work each step of the problem then click the "View Solution" button to...
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Mainland High School: Algebra Lab: Solving Rational Equations
Rational equations are examined through notes and practice problems. Hints and solutions are included with the practice problems.
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Chandler Unified School District: Algebra 2: Solving Rational Equations [Pdf]
A 4-page student handout with exercises on solving rational equations using different methods.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Solving Rational Expressions
Students will solve rational equations for unknown variables, use given information to create rational equations, and determine the relationship between rational expressions.
Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: Solving Rational Equations
This mathematics resource consists of notes and examples on how to solve rational equations.
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Algebra Review: Solving Rational Equations
Find a quick, concise explanation of how solve radical equations. Examples are given and clearly explained.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Rational Functions and Their Asymptotes
In these questions, students identify asymptotes and removable discontinuities of rational functions, simplify rational expressions, and solve rational equations. Solutions and explanations are included.
Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: Practice With Rational Equations
Exercises are provided for practice with rational equations. Click the "answer" link to check your work.
Texas A&M University
Wtamu Virtual Math Lab: College Algebra: Equations With Rational Expressions
Using this tutorial, you will learn to solve equations with rational expressions by following step-by-step examples, viewing video explanations, and completing practice questions.
Interactive Mathematics
Interactive Mathematics: Equations Involving Fractions
The method of solving equations with rational expressions is demonstrated through the use of word problem. Exercises are provided for extra practice.