Problem Solving---A Part of Everyday Thinking

Division can be seen in two ways; as splitting a whole into a certain number of pieces, or splitting it into pieces of a certain size. Help your class reach this understanding with these two simple word problems. Encourage the use of...

Capture your learners' attention by asking them to find the difference in size between the 12-inch silky anteater and the 6-foot giant anteater! This order of operations worksheet has students first identify the meaning of finding the...

This problem solving PowerPoint presents a detailed, logical sequence of steps to follow in order to solve a story problem. The thinking processes described are given in text and represented by a visual model. After discussing the...

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...

Although graphing a linear inequality on the plane is but a few steps added onto the graphing of a linear equation, for many learners the logical leap is quite intimidating. This approachable PowerPoint presentation breaks graphing...

Help your students understand how to use their algebraic reasoning to solve a one-step equation, where they must solve for X. Add this video to a lesson or assign it as homework.

Sal adds a few more steps to these problems as he solves algebraic equations with two steps, though he states that "there's more than one way to do it." Those who become confused by increasingly complicated algebra problems on a test...

Sal uses the formula for the perimeter to show how the variables can be moved around to solve a problem. He demonstrates a few different ways to do this.

Sal uses the formula for the perimeter to show how the variables can be moved around to solve a problem. He demonstrates a few different ways to do this.

Demonstrate the steps of solving linear equations—this time with variables on both sides! A video presentation completes several examples with binomials on each side of the equation. Learners then complete the included practice...