CreativeMathLessons

Are you teaching factoring to a lower level math class or perhaps younger group of students? While factoring itself can be easy I have found that certain classes of mine have trouble with signs. The higher level students are pretty good with using mental math and trial and error but this process tends to frustrate other learners. Enclosed you will find two different versions of a reference chart that will allow students to determine the signs for factoring a very basic trinomial. These charts

Need a new test for your students? Want a comprehensive review of linear equations? This test is broken into different sections including: -Finding slope from 2 coordinates -Finding slope from slope-intercept form -Finding slope from point-slope form -Finding slope from standard form -Identifying forms of equations -Writing equations in point-slope form, given a point and a slope -Writing equations in slope-intercept form, given a point and a slope -Writing equations in standard form, given a

Are you looking for a creative way to show that your students understand systems of linear inequalities? Tired of all of the same worksheets? I created this activity for my class in an effort to make the shading of "half-planes" a little bit more exciting. I was surprised at how well my class did with this activity and think that it would be effective in your class as well. The basic concept is that you will have them graph a total of 6 inequalities and shade accordingly. Even though it looks

Are your students sick of reading the text book? Do their eyes glaze over when you hand them a typed worksheet? Grab their attention and help them study with these hand-drawn notes. Let's face it, reading a math book is not fun. It can be a tedious task for many students and as a result they simply give up. These notes are straightforward and to the point using basic vocabulary that anyone can understand. They are printable and students could even color the characters like a coloring book

Are you tired of the using the same old workbook pages to teach systems of equations? This assignment will add a splash of color in your classroom! It this activity students will graph 8 lines using 8 different colors. (Even the most mature algebra student enjoys using some colored pencils and markers to spice up their homework!) Once the lines are graphed then the students will answer 30 questions about the various intersection points. This is a great activity for students who need a refre

Systems of Equations can be an overwhelming chapter for many students. These notes were created to give simple, straight-forward examples about each "Systems of Equations" method. Methods included: graphing, substitution, elimination. Examples include problems with one solutions, infinitely many solutions and no solutions. This study guide looks best when printed in color. Systems of Equations Study Guide by Dana Burrows is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Sh

Looking for an extra resource for your students? Are you tired of all of the same looking notes from your textbook? These cartoon notes will bring some life into your classroom and make your students actually want to read their math notes. I suggest that you even tell your students to color them in their free time to make them stand out even more. I created these notes because I found that my students were starting to zone out after I gave them so many worksheets. I know that when I was in

Are your students struggling with solving equations with variables on both sides? Are they refusing to read through their notes or look at examples that are written out for them? Maybe it is time to try something new! Personally I have been trying to figure out how to come up with a hands-on tool that would allow each student to "unfold" the steps solving an equation. Often there are fancy apps or textbook examples but they don't stop and try to do the work side by side. I have created this

Do you need additional resources for your students? After years of teaching Algebra I have created this study guide that covers most of the basic topics covered in a linear equation section. This study guide has 6 sections that build upon each other to ensure that students are able to write equations in slope-intercept form. Sections Part 1 - Overview of slope with written responses (10 questions) Part 2 - Finding slope from 2 points ( 10 questions) Part 3 - Graphing Equations (8 questions)

Are your students having trouble converting linear equations back into Standard Form? Are you running out of problems to do with your students? This study guide includes 25 problems and step by step directions for converting them into standard form. (Ax + By = C) Most importantly, I have included a key with each problem written out with all of the work and notes/hints. I always like to copy an answer key for my students the day after I assign the work so that they can see what they are doing

Tired of typing up notes for your students only to find that they are not reading them? Are you students refusing to take advantage of the millions of online resources that are available? Maybe it is time for something different. Maybe it is time that we go "low-tech"! Save time in class and give the students these printable notes! This set of notes introduces the distance formula and relates it to the Pythagorean Theorem. There are 10 pages of explanations, cartoon characters and examples

Are your students struggling with Systems of Equations? My algebra students could use a lot of extra practice with this concept. It takes a while for their brains to go through the same steps that mine do as a teacher. I created this study guide to help "wire" their brains for solving systems of equations. The worksheet starts out simple and just gets them to look at the problem and develop a game plan. By the end they are choosing their own method of elimination. Many teachers show multipl

Are your students struggling with solving equations with variables on both sides? Are they refusing to read through their notes or look at examples that are written out for them? Maybe it is time to try something new! Personally I have been trying to figure out how to come up with a hands-on tool that would allow each student to "unfold" the steps solving an equation. Often there are fancy apps or textbook examples but they don't stop and try to do the work side by side. I have created this

Are your students struggling with linear equations? This worksheet was created to isolate one specific topic...moving equations into Standard Form. This skill is often thrown in to other sections and students are expected to know how to do it because they technically already learned how to solve equations. Unfortunately a lot of students still struggle with that and it can be hard to find worksheets that isolate this topic. This printable paper contains 25 problems in a variety of forms that

Do your students need help with slope? We all know that there are a lot of resources available online but it takes time and energy to separate the good resources with the bad resources. This download is a 3-page editable Word document that provides 27 different QR codes and website links to lesson tutorial videos, printable worksheets and online practice for your students. I have pulled resources from Khan Academy, Cool Math, Virtual Nerd and many other sites that address linear equations.

This quick reference sheet will provide students with concise notes about how to take an equation and write another equation that is perpendicular to it. The example given in the notes is: "Find the equation of a line that is perpendicular to 2x +3y = 6 and passes through (5, 2). Put your answer in slope-intercept form.” This one page note sheet provides simple step-by-step directions that students could use to complete their homework and study for quizzes. I also have a similar one posted

This quick reference sheet will provide students with concise notes about how to take an equation and write another equation that is parallel to it. The example given in the notes is: "Find the equation of a line that is parallel to 2x +3y = 6 and passes through (5, 2). Put your answer in slopeintercept form.” This one page note sheet provides simple step-by-step directions that students could use to complete their homework and study for quizzes. I also have a similar one posted for perp