Do you want your budding mathematicians to be able to explain 'why' and not just 'do'? This instructional activity encourages an understanding of the process of elimination. Pupils are expected to understand how and why the elimination...

Can you handle one more method? It just might be your favorite! Building on the skills learned in the previous lessons in the series, scholars now learn the elimination method. The video examines problems of varying difficulty. 

In this algebra worksheet, students solve two systems of linear equations by substitution. They solve 5 systems by using the elimination method. The final 4 problems involve systems of linear equations, but students are given the option...

How can you solve systems of linear equations? This slideshow introduces learners to the substitution method, the elimination method using addition and subtraction, and the elimination method using multiplication. Guided practice...

The process of elimination really works! Use elimination when substitution isn't doing the job. The 29th segment in a series of 33 introduces the elimination method to solving linear systems. Pupils work several exercises to grasp the...

In this linear equation worksheet, students solve systems of equations by using the elimination method. This one-page worksheet contains eight problems, with answers.

Eliminate the obvious. A series of slides presents algebra classes with step-by-step procedures for solving systems of equations using the elimination method. It provides an introduction to the elimination method for...

Eliminate a color by dragging shapes. The interactive provides a graphical color display that allows for pupils to solve a linear system by elimination. Learners combine figures following set rules for positive and negative shapes. The...

Systematically combine shapes to arrive at one solution. The resource models a system of linear equations using colored shapes. Pupils follow rules to combine circles and squares to add the two equations together, resulting in one...

Two example problems are solved on the first page using the elimination method with a pair of linear equations. Detailed explanations accompany the math. The second page provides 20 practice problems and their answers. This would be a...

Cover it up to reveal the values of variables. Using arrangements of colored tiles representing algebraic expressions, pupils layer them over each other to determine the values of variables. The procedure models the elimination method in...

Tenth graders investigate the Elimination Method in the solving of equations. They solve the equation using this method in examples with the teacher and then transfer the new knowledge to independent practice.

For this system of equations worksheet, students solve 9 problems using the multiplication elimination method. Students are then asked to setup and solve 2 system of equations word problems using the elimination method.

With a whopping total of 66 questions, here is a resource that provides a full variety of systems of equations questions using elimination and substitution solution methods.

In this Algebra I/Algebra II worksheet, students use the elimination method to solve systems of linear equations.  The one page worksheet contains six multiple choice questions.  Answers are included. 

Students are introduced to the elimination method in Algebra. As a class, they solve two linear equations with two unknowns using this new method. They discuss the positive and negative aspects of using this method to solve problems. ...

The brother-sister pair Carlos and Clarita need your class's help in developing their new pet sitting business. Through a variety of scenarios and concerns presented to the siblings, the learners thoroughly explore systems of equations...

If the methodology is skewed, the results will be skewed. That's the takeaway from an exercise designed to get class members thinking about research methods and statistics gathering. Instructors manipulate the testing environment to...

In this system of equations worksheet, learners decide if the addition, subtraction, or substitution method works best for 15 problems of two equations and two unknowns and then use the preferred method to solve the system. Theys are...

More practice makes perfect. A review packet helps pupils remind themselves of the content of the unit. They determine whether points are solutions to linear equations, graph systems of equations and inequalities, and solve systems of...

Round and round they go ... where they stop, only scholars will know. By writing systems of equations, classes determine the number of cars a roundabout can handle given specific constraints. Systems use up to six variables and become...

In this systems of equations instructional activity, students solve 4 systems of equations problems using the elimination multiplication method. Students solve 2 word problems by setting up and solving a systems of equations.

Pupils solve equations by elimination and use the TI to graph the lines and find the point of intersection.

In this math worksheet, students solve systems of two linear equations using either the substitution method or the elimination method. Seven of the twenty problems have a coefficient of one for one of the two variables.