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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Single Variable Expressions: Neighborhood Block

For Students 6th - 9th Standards
The number of bicycle wheel turns is as good as any way to describe the distance from school to home. An interactive lets young mathematicians determine the number of city blocks a person bicycles. They use this information along with an...
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Sums and Differences of Single Variable Expressions: Algebraic Soup

For Students 7th - 9th
Alphabet soup just got an upgrade. Pupils drag expressions from algebraic soup to indicate whether it is a like term to x or to y. Some challenge questions require combining the like terms to simplify expressions.
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Simplify Sums or Differences of Single Variable Expressions: Addition and Subtraction of Like Terms

For Students 7th - 9th Standards
Investigate the process of combining like terms using an interactive animation. Scholars tackle simplifying expressions by manipulating rectangles that represent the terms. They add and subtract terms to arrive at the result.
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Simplify Products or Quotients of Single Variable Expressions: Circling C's

For Students 7th Standards
Model expression division using online manipulatives. Learners drag C's representing a term into equal groups. Guiding questions help them see their groups as the division of the term.
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Lesson Plan
Virginia Department of Education

Evaluating and Simplifying Expressions

For Teachers 6th - 9th Standards
Discover how algebra tiles help evaluate expressions. Scholars learn to use algebra tiles to substitute values in for variables and evaluate expressions. The included worksheet contains a set of evaluation problems to assess individuals'...
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Lesson Plan
Code.org

Controlling Memory with Variables

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Not all variables are created equal. Discover how variables in computer science are different from variables in math class. Scholars learn to work with variables in computer programming by developing a mental model for how variables...
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Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Kitchen Floor Tiles

For Teachers 8th - 12th Standards
An interesting way to look at the kitchen floor is to count the number of tiles in the border. Fred starts with four white floor tiles and writes an expression for the number of tiles needed for the colored border. Algebra learners are...
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

The Structure of Rational Expressions

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
Find out when rational expressions are closed. Pupils review adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing with rational numbers to make the connections to operations with rational expressions. Using specific examples, learners notice...
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Simplify Products or Quotients of Single Variable Expressions: Quotients of Single Variable Expressions

For Students 7th - 9th Standards
Investigate division within an algebraic term using an inquiry-based lesson. Individuals adjust sliders and watch as the simplification of the term changes. Questions help guide them to important conclusions.
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Workbook
National Security Agency

Equations and Expressions

For Teachers 5th - 6th Standards
Learners demonstrate their knowledge pictorially, concretely, and abstractly in this unit meant to last three hours over three days. Using hands-on activities, manipulatives,  real-world applications, and problem solving, learners write...
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Writing and Expanding Multiplication Expressions

For Teachers 6th Standards
Find out what's so standard about standard form. Scholars learn to write multiplication expressions with variables in the 10th lesson in a series of 36. They use different symbols for multiplication and translate between standard and...
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Lesson Plan
Mathematics Assessment Project

Solving Linear Equations in Two Variables

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Solving problems about pen and paper with systems of equations ... or is it the other way around? In the lesson, learners first interpret expressions and use equations in two variables to solve problems about notebooks and pens. They...
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Writing and Evaluating Expressions—Addition and Subtraction

For Teachers 6th Standards
Let Y represent Yes to using an excellent resource. Pupils first learn to define variables using a complete description in the 19th part in a series of 36. They write expressions involving addition and subtraction in real-world contexts...
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Factoring Expressions

For Teachers 6th Standards
Factor in an informative resource when teaching about factoring. The 11th lesson in a 36-part module shows pupils how to factor algebraic expressions by applying the distributive property. Some of the problems involve expressions with...
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Read Expressions in Which Letters Stand for Numbers III

For Teachers 6th Standards
Those key operation words sure come in handy. Groups continue their work with converting between different notations for algebraic expressions. They work in stations to write the symbolic form for given verbal phrases. This is the 17th...
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Writing Addition and Subtraction Expressions

For Teachers 6th Standards
Symbols make everything so much more concise. Young mathematicians learn to write addition and subtraction expressions — including those involving variables — from verbal phrases. Bar models help them understand the concept. 
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Writing and Evaluating Expressions—Multiplication and Division

For Teachers 6th Standards
Don't table the resource on writing expressions for relationships in tables. Scholars investigate relationships between variables and write algebraic expressions involving multiplication and division. These expressions help solve...
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Read Expressions in Which Letters Stand for Numbers

For Teachers 6th Standards
Pencil in the resource on writing verbal phrases into your lesson plans. The 15th installment of a 36-part module has scholars write verbal phases for algebraic expressions. They complete a set of problems to solidify this skill.
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Handout
Del Mar College

Translating Verbal Expressions

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
Help scholars translate verbal expressions into numerical expressions. The two-page document is comprised of descriptions and examples that showcase terms and phrases related to addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, powers,...
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Workbook
Utah Education Network (UEN)

Expressions and Equations

For Students 6th Standards
Variables may be unknown, but expressions and equations are easy to understand. Pupils learn to write, evaluate, and simplify numeric and algebraic expressions. They also investigate how to write and solve simple equations and...
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Evaluate Expressions with One or More Variables: Water Bottle Expression

For Students 6th Standards
Fill your mind as you fill virtual water bottles. Pupils use an interactive to find the amount of water that can fit in given containers. Writing and evaluating an algebraic expression helps with this task.
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Worksheet
Lorain County Community College

Solving Equations Using the Addition Property

For Students 6th - 10th Standards
Challenge your mathematicians to simplify and solve a variety of different equations. This worksheet focuses on multi-step problems that begin with combining like terms and advance toward solving equations with variables on both sides. A...
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Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

The Sign of Solutions

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
Positive or negative, zero or no solution, are all possibilities for the solution of a linear equation. Here the resource gives examples of linear equations in one variable and their type of solutions. The resource comes with commentary...
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Replacing Letters with Numbers

For Teachers 6th Standards
When did letters become the same as numbers? Scholars learn about substituting numbers for letters to evaluate algebraic expressions in the seventh part in a series of 36. The lesson plan focuses on expressions related to geometry, such...

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