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Algebra.com: Homework Solvers
This site offers both instruction and homework help in several algebraic topics, including topics within Pre-Algebra, Algebra I, and Algebra II.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: Dial the Phone
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson gives students some insight into the connection between graph theory and triangular numbers, using telephone networks. Similar to the famous Handshake Problem, students will find...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Comparing Linear, Quadratic, and Exponential Functions
Linear, quadratic and exponential functions have different graphs, equations, and characteristics. In this tutorial, compare the shape of linear, quadratic, and exponential curves on a graph, and explore how to identify a function as...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Comparing Linear, Quadratic, and Exponential Functions
Linear, quadratic and exponential functions have different graphs, equations, and characteristics. In this tutorial, compare the shape of linear, quadratic, and exponential curves on a graph, and explore how to identify a function as...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Curve Sketching
[Free Registration/Login Required] Linear, sine, and quadratic equations are displaying a number of graphs and tables. Challenging and might even challenge the teacher. Go for it.
Richland Community College
Richland Community College: Math 116 Lecture Notes
This site from the Richland Community College provides the detailed lecture notes to a college algebra course, complete with equations and definitions. Content ranges from "functions and their graphs" to "conics and parametric equations."
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: What Goes Up Must Come Down
In this activity, students use the calculator to solve quadratic equations. They use the quadratic formula to determine the vertex and the x-intercepts of the graph of a quadratic function.
PBS
Pbs: String Product: Y = X^2
Examine how a giant sculpture at the National Museum of Mathematics represents the solutions to the equation y=x^2. This video focuses on the basics of graphing quadratic functions and the relationship between x and y values along the...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Transforming Parabolas
1. Students will be able to review how to find the vertex of a parabola using a graphing calculator. 2. Students will be able to observe the relationship between the values of a, h and k and the graph of a parabola in vertex form. 3....
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Car Stopping Distances
This activity uses the tranformation graphing application on the TI-84 calculator to discover the equation for the stopping distance of a car on dry pavement.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Graph of an Equation
[Free Registration/Login Required] In 1637, Rene Descartes revolutionized the study of mathematics by joining its two major fields, algebra and geometry. With Descartes's coordinate plane, geometric concepts could be formulated...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: F If, a Rei Springboard Dive
This problem is about the changing height of a diver en route to the water. It gives students experience translating questions about a real-world context into mathematical questions about a quadratic function and then answering those...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Walk the Line: A Module on Linear Functions
This module leads students through the process of graphing data and finding a line of best fit while exploring the characteristics of linear equations in algebraic and graphic formats. Then, these topics are connected to real-world...
Purple Math
Purplemath: Solving Polynomials: How To
Demonstrates the steps involved in solving a general polynomial, including how to use the Rational Roots Test and synthetic division. Points out when using a graphing calculator can be very helpful.
Purple Math
Purplemath: Factoring Polynomials: How To
Demonstrates the steps involved in factoring a general polynomial, including using the Rational Roots Test and synthetic division. Shows how to "cheat" with a graphing calculator.
University of Ottawa (Canada)
University of Ottawa: Linear Algebra Close to Earth
The author of this site endeavours to explain how linear algebra has many applications in a wide range of disciplines, to help students see its uses in the real world.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Greatest Area Activity
A classic problem looking at maximizing the area of rectangles given fixed perimeters. Uses graphing calculators to analyze data collected and to model a parabolic equation. Compiling class data provides a preliminary glance at families...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Exploring Families of Functions
This activity provides students an opportunity to discover the similarities involved in shifting the parent functions for absolute value, quadratic, cubic, radical, exponential, and logarithmic functions. Students will also be given the...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Connecting Factors and Zeros
Students will determine if a quadratic formula is factorable, then they will factor the equation, set each factor equal to 0, and solve for x.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Algebra: Vertical Line Test
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This concept introduces students to relations and what makes a relation a function.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Fitting Models to Data
[Free Registration/Login Required] A basic premise of science is that much of the physical world can be described mathematically and many physical phenomena are predictable. This scientific outlook took place in Europe during the late...