Using Polya's 4 Steps to Problem Solving

Address any kind of math concept or problem with a series of problem-solving strategies. Over 12 days of different activities and increasing skills, learners practice different ways to solve problems, check their answers, and reflect...

Build confidence by using multiple approaches to problem solving! This resource uses a visual and algebraic approach to solving application problems. A discussion is included about efficient approaches to different problems.

Where did all these variables come from, anyway? The previous lessons in the series ask learners to solve multi-step equations using the distributive property, combining like terms, and using inverse operations. Now scholars solve...

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...

Inverse operations are the key! A video instructor demonstrates solving multi-step equations involving the distributive property and variables on both sides. The lesson includes step-by-step instructions for three different equations.

As if solving multi-step equations isn't challenging enough, now they have decimals! The video lesson explains strategies for working with these decimals while solving. Learners watch as the video instructor explains how to solve two...

Not only can equations have many steps to solve, but those steps can look very different from equation to equation. The narrator of the video lesson explains the steps to solving six different multi-step equations. He provides...

School subjects connect when your young scholars use math to edit English. Math allows you to convert an entire paragraph into a simple equation or inequality. Examples encourage learners to write expressions, equations, and inequalities...

The instructor demonstrates how to combine like terms as the first step in solving multi-step equations. She applies the rules of combining positive and negative numbers. Then she shows clear steps in solving the equation to find the...

Students solve multi-step equations and apply the process of elimination. In this algebra lesson plan, students solve linear inequalities and equations using linear combination and evaluation. They graph their results on a number...