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This slope and y-intercept Escape Room gives students a chance to race against the clock and each other while trying to escape a locked room -- all while practicing how to find slopes, intercepts, and equations. Escape rooms harness the natural competitive nature of middle-school students to encourage them to work cooperatively and to use critical thinking and comprehension skills to complete a series of tasks which allow them to succeed. This product features four math activities that must be

Give your students an opportunity to practice solving one-variable equations while sharpening their reasoning and logic skills. This activity requires students to solve one-variable equations to receive clues to a logic problem. Students then use the clues to solve the puzzle. There is also a writing component that requires students to explain their reasoning. Because it requires little prep, it's a great activity for a quick review, the day before vacation, or even an unexpected sub day. Th

Younger students can develop algebraic skills by working on these problems, while older students who already take algebra can use the problems to review systems of equations. This resource contains: *four 8.5” x 11” posters with one problem each, to be used in math centers or for a get-up-and-move classroom activity. The posters are available in black and white or color. * a sheet with all four problems on it which can be used for individual work. * a recording sheet for answer