An equation is an equation is an equation. Scholars see there are many ways to solve them when they first sort a set of linear equations as written in standard form, point-slope form, or slope-intercept. They then write equations in all forms given different pieces of information.

Concepts

linear equations, slope-intercept form, point-slope form, standard form

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Additional Tags

math

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Instructional Ideas

• Use as a review activity
• Challenge pupils to draft a flowchart or other graphic organizer to summarize which form they would use when given different pieces of information

Classroom Considerations

• Learners should have experience in writing linear equations given various features such as slope, point on line, graph, etc.

Pros

• Teacher guide contains printable worksheets
• Includes worked-out solutions for all example and practice problems

Cons

• Contains some typos throughout the resource