Exploring Mathematics

This 7-slide powerpoint presentation is designed as for use in an Algebra I classroom as an introduction to solving literal equations (solving for a specific variable when multiple variables appear). Slides 2 and 4 are used as whole-class examples where the new equations are solved side-by-side with more familiar equations that involve only one variable. The teacher can work back-and-forth between the two problems using the familiar to inform what should be done next in the new. This also g

*Designed to be used with TI-83 or TI-83+ calculators The activity guides students through using graphing calculators to graph and solve four quadratic functions. Questions are designed to teach students how to relate the information in a table for a quadratic function to its graph with a focus on using the graph to solve the quadratic equation. Examples address four types of possible solutions (two integer solutions, two non-integer solutions, one integer solution, and no solution). If you