There are many ways to transform a figure on a coordinate plane. This problem requires the movement to be four units horizontally to the right. Using the original coordinate pairs, a positive 4 can be added to each x-value to get the new...

This presentation is pretty straightforward in illustrating how to translate a figure on the coordinate plane. Watch the instructor follow the directions to translate the figure four units to the right and six units down.

The instructor makes several lists on the whiteboard. Get out notepaper and write these down. She is identifying words that indicate mathematical expressions and she is putting them into categories: addition, subtraction, multiplication,...

Translate, breakdown, break it up, or unpack this verbal phrase to get an algebraic expression. Practice this skill to get better at unpacking the more difficult word problems to come. The instructor breaks up this verbal phrase into...

Given an algebraic expression, write a word problem. Usually it's the other way around where you have a word problem and need to write an algebraic expression. But, this is a good skill to have because it would mean that one has a good...

This QuickTime movie provides an opportunity to look at what graphing a transformation looks line on the coordinate plane. As you watch and listen to the teacher and student interact it helps clarify the thinking behind applying this...