Keep Those Expressions in “Order”

Pencil in the resource on writing verbal phrases into your lesson plans. The 15th installment of a 36-part module has scholars write verbal phases for algebraic expressions. They complete a set of problems to solidify this skill.

Explore a basic pattern to practice writing expressions. In collaborative groups, learners examine a contextual pattern and write an expression to model it. The task encourages groups to describe the pattern in multiple ways.

Those key operation words sure come in handy. Groups continue their work with converting between different notations for algebraic expressions. They work in stations to write the symbolic form for given verbal phrases. This is the 17th...

To add or subtract ... how do you make the decision? The video instructor explains the process of writing a numerical expression from a verbal expression. While writing the expressions, he provides explanations for his decisions.

Finishing up his short series on rational expressions, Sal reviews the concept with another example. Those who have a hard time with rational expressions will appreciate the clarity with which Sal explains his process and methodology.

Here's everything you need to know about algebraic expressions in 10 minutes or less! From an introduction to vocabulary to simplifying with the distributive property, the video lesson has a little bit of everything related to...

How do you write five less than a number as a mathematical expression? Show algebra learners how to read and write algebraic expressions by using variables with this introductory video. The first in a series, the video models how to...

Introduce exponents to your learners with this quick video about writing numerical expressions. It explains the foundation of exponents and demonstrates a few examples. Use with other four videos in the series for examples on evaluating...

If distributed means spread out over an area, then undistributed suggests taking out or factoring out. This last video in a series helps learners understand how to factor linear expressions with rational coefficients. Start learners by...

How do algebra learners know the value of an algebraic expression that contains a variable? This video shows your number crunchers how to evaluate an algebraic expression by substituting a given number for the variable. In fact, it...