Don't throw away those transparency sheets just yet! Young scholars first review inequalities on a number line, then learn about graphing inequalities in the coordinate plane. Finally, they use overhead transparencies to create systems with partners and solve those systems by graphing.

Concepts

linear inequalities, systems of linear inequalities, solving systems by graphing

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Additional Tags

math

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Instructional Ideas

• Use the lesson to introduce systems of inequalities

Classroom Considerations

• Activity require transparency sheets
• Learners should have prior experience with inequalities, specifically with testing points for shading

Pros

• Includes printable student worksheets
• Teacher guide contains solutions to all problems

Cons

• Sometimes refers to inequalities as equations