West Contra Costa Unified School District
Simplify Expressions and Solve Equations Using Two-Column Proofs
Increase understanding of the algebraic properties and their importance. Scholars justify their steps as they simplify expressions and solve equations. They formalize their work as two-column proof.
Mathematics Assessment Project
Sorting Equations and Identities
Identify the identity. Learners first solve equations to find the number of solutions. Scholars then determine if given equations are always, sometimes, or never true, leading to the concept of identities.
Illustrative Mathematics
Guess My Number
Make a game out of solving equations. This particular activity works well for pairs of learners. Follow the instructions to have player one pick a number and player two verbally give an equation. Participants need to make sense of a...
Curated OER
Exploring Solving Equations
Put out by Texas Instruments, this activity involves learners in an activity focused on adding polynomials, solving equations, factoring trinomials, and expanding binomials. A TI-89 calculator is needed to complete this activity.
Del Mar College
Solving Systems of Equations
Lets keep the system working and show learners the three ways to solve linear systems of equations. Each method includes step-by-step instructions to work their way through the problem. The same problem is used for each method to show...
Curated OER
Solving Equations with Radicals
In this radical worksheet, students solve equations with radicals and identify equations with no solutions. Some equations require the student to square a binomial. This three-page worksheet contains seven problems.
Curated OER
Solving Polynomial Equations
This learning exercise and tutorial explores solving more complex polynomials by graphing each side separately and finding the point of intersection, identifying the sum and differences of cubes, and solving higher degree polynomials by...
Willow Tree
Solving Inequalities
What does solving an inequality have in common with solving an equation? Almost everything! A math resource focuses on the one exception. The examples lead learners through the steps of solving an equality when multiplying or dividing by...
BW Walch
Solving Systems of Linear Inequalities
One thing that puzzles a lot of young algebrists is the factors in a word problem that are taken as "understood". This presentation on solving systems of linear inequalities does a great job walking the learner through how to tease those...
Willow Tree
Equations of a Line
Each form of a linear equation has its purpose — pupils just have to find it. Building on the previous activity in the series, learners examine point-slope and standard form. Using point-slope form, pupils write the equation of a...
Curated OER
Math Regents Exam Questions: Solving Multi-Step Equations
In this solving equations worksheet, students solve 10 multiple choice and word problem equations. Students use the distributive property to combine like terms and isolate the variable.
Curated OER
Worksheet 3.5 Simultaneous Equations
In this simultaneous equations worksheet, students solve and complete 7 various types of problems. First, they solve graphically the system of equations shown. Then, students find the number of solutions that each pairs of equations...
Math Drills
Simple Linear Equations (C)
Learners work through each of the 18 practice problems to build skills needed to solve linear equations with one variable.
Curated OER
One Step Equations: Add, Subtract, Multiply, Divide
One step equations involving addition, subtraction, multiplication and subtraction. Step by step methods of how to solve these equations and has practice problems for each operation. Answers are provided. As a bonus, there is a set of...
Lorain County Community College
Equations with Decimals
Test your mathematicians' skills with a worksheet full of decimals and equations. The problems start simple with one-step equations and work up to multi-step equations with variables on both sides. The top of the worksheet has the...
Lorain County Community College
Review of Equations
Dive head-first into this worksheet full of inverse operations, distributing, and combining like terms. Let your learners try these challenging problems to test their skills with multi-step equations and simplifying expressions with...
Curated OER
Solving Equations by Distributive Property
In this solving equations worksheet, students use the distributive property to find the value of the unknown. This one-page worksheet contains 10 multi-step problems. Answers are provided.
Curated OER
Solving Equations with the Variable on Both Sides
In this solving equations activity, 9th graders solve and complete 21 different problems that include solving various equations that contain a variable on both sides of the equal sign. Then, students write an equations and solve it,...
Curated OER
Solving Equations in One Variable
In this solving equations in one variable worksheet, pupils solve 38 simple and complex equations. Students then write and solve equations for 6 word problems.
Curated OER
Solving Equations
In this solving equations worksheet, students practice their math skills as they solve 24 single step equations that require them to solve for x.
Curated OER
Solving Equations (Single Step Problems)
In this solving equations practice worksheet, students sharpen their problems solving skills as they solve 24 single step equations.
Curated OER
Solving Equations with the Variable on Both Sides
For this online math worksheet, students solve equations which have the variable on both sides. This excellent resource allows the students to check their answers, and to get "hints" should they run into difficulties. A terrific teaching...
Curated OER
Solving Equations with Variables on Both Sides
In this solving equations learning exercise, students solve 15 equations with variables on both sides of the equal sign. Students are encouraged to check all solutions.
Mathematics Assessment Project
Creating Equations
Using equations to model events. The resource contains four items that prompt individuals to write and solve basic equations. They must reason abstractly and quantitatively while attending to precision when solving the problems.