How many people can fit around a table? Depends on the size of the table, right? Explore patterns to generate an equation for the number of people that can fit around a table given its size.

Enhance pupil understanding of proportions and variable relationships by studying direct and inverse variation. Use the idea of a proportional relationship to teach direct variation. Then use a similar pattern to help individuals...

Use statistics to decide if NFL quarterbacks earn their salaries! Learners study correlation coefficients after using technology to calculate regression equations. Through the data, they learn the meaning of correlation and correlation...

Use more than one whole to solve percent problems. The ninth installment in a 20-part series has pupils work percent problems in which they must determine two wholes. Individuals use double number lines to represent and solve the...

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...

Cheaper cell phone bills? Learners compare two different cell phone plans for a specified number of minutes of phone usage each day. They also determine the conditions for which one plan is cheaper than the other.

If you think Dr. Seuss has no place in a math classroom, then take a look at this resource. Based on the classic children's book Green Eggs and Ham, this sequence of activities engages children learning to model real-world contexts...

Six questions make up a challenging interactive that tests scholars' knowledge of repeating decimals. Mathematicians answer true or false and multiple-choice questions with help from a tool that highlights decimal movement in an...

Find that slope! This video does an excellent job of demonstrating how to use the slope formula to find the slope of a line using two points. The instructor first reviews the definition of slope of a line, then works three problems using...

What is absolute value? What is an absolute value function? Emerging mathematicians solve equations containing variables inside an absolute value sign.  They graph each function on a coordinate plane and identify the maximum and...

In this function rules instructional activity, students solve the problems by finding the output numbers using the given inputs in the function table. Students solve six problems that contain one variable.

It is the job of your mathematicians to figure out how fast Anya is riding her bike when meeting her friend. The problem shares the distance, time spent riding, and Taylor's speed leaving the last variable for your learners to solve. Use...

Sixth graders complete worksheets and make journal entries to interpret mathematical expressions about the pyramids. In this equality by balancing equations lesson plan, 6th graders participate in groups or by themselves to complete...

In this Algebra II worksheet, students are given a test of twenty-three problems regarding Rational Expressions and Rational Equations.  Some of the questions are multiple choice, while others are word problems or problem solving...

In this solving equations worksheet, 9th graders solve and complete 14 different problems that include multiplication and division. First, they solve each equations using either the multiplicative property of equality of the division...

In this addition equations learning exercise, students solve equations with variables that have one and two digit numbers in them. Students complete 4 problems.

In this solving equations worksheet, students solve and complete 22 different problems that include solving various equations by using multiplication and division. First, they get the variable by itself and move it using the opposite...

Students discuss the meaning of balance and how it applies to equations. After listening to a lecture, they practice solving equations with two orders of operation and doing whatever they do on one side to the other side as a class. To...

In this combining like terms and solving worksheet, students combine terms in simple algebraic equations and solve for the unknown. When needed, students may observe step-by-step instructions to solve given equations. There are 20...

In this variable expressions worksheet, students solve variable expressions.  They write algebraic expressions.  This one-page worksheet contains 10 multiple-choice problems.  Answers are provided.

For this working with simple algebraic equations worksheet, 8th graders solve 400 equations with variables (20 each on 20 pages, answers provided), using 4 basic operations with positive and negative integers.

In this algebraic equation worksheet, students read a story problem. They write algebraic equations and solve for the unknown. Students also use a guess and check table to solve problems. This one-page worksheet contains three story...

In this multiplication worksheet, students use inverse operations to solve for n in a set of 4 equations. A reference web site is given for additional activities.

In this unknown activity, students solve simple one-step algebraic inequalities.  This two-page activity contains 6 simple problems.  Answers are provided on the last page.