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Delivering the Mail Lesson PlanDelivering the Mail Lesson Plan
Publisher
Illustrative Mathematics
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Grade
7th - 9th
Subjects
Math
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Activities & Projects
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Audience
For Teacher Use
Duration
15 mins
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Delivering the Mail

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A mail truck travels the same amount of miles per day. It will be up to your algebra learners to find an equation for this mailman’s truck. One needs a good understanding of rate of change and the initial value for this model. The resource makes for a nice mini-assessment or class starter.   

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CCSS: Designed

Concepts

functions, linear relationships, linear

Additional Tags

linear relationship, function, math

Pros

  • A good model of a linear function
  • Gives practice for interpreting the rate of change and initial value on a graph

 

Cons

  • Objective not clear
  • Limited when used for a lesson plan

Common Core

8.F.B.4 MP2 MP4

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