Solving Single Variable, First Degree Equations

Many learners find completing the square the preferred approach to solving quadratic equations. Class members combine their skills of using square roots to solve quadratics and completing the square. The resource incorporates a...

How many large and small watermelons did he sell? Just use the given information to write and solve a system of equations! The two videos accompanying the lesson explain the substitution method and then introduce problem solving. The...

Is your class in another dimension with regards to dimensional analysis? Give them some extra practice with a straightforward activity. Learners convert units by following concise step-wise examples, including setting up the...

Two example problems are solved on the first page using the elimination method with a pair of linear equations. Detailed explanations accompany the math. The second page provides 20 practice problems and their answers. This would be a...

Written to assess students' knowledge of interpreting expressions that represent a quantity in terms of its context, this machine-scored task also allows for a good discussion about units guiding the problem solving and solution.

In this single and compound events instructional activity, 8th graders solve 10 different problems that contain various single and compound events. First, they determine the probability of selecting an ace and a king without a...

In this single and compound events worksheet, 8th graders solve 10 different problems related to various single and compound events. First, they determine the probability of getting ace and a king card without replacement. then, students...

Here are 17 various forms of problems that range from matching equivalent expressions to word problems. Included are problems for substutiing values into expressions and using the order of operations, simplifying algebraic expressions,...

Solving single variable inequalities is explored in this video. The example that Sal shows here contains fractions, shows the need to reverse the inequality because he multiples by a negative number during his computation, and shows the...

Can you solve a system by just looking at it? The previous lessons in the series taught three methods of solving systems of equations. Now learners discover they can determine the number of solutions of a system just by looking at it....