Math is Marvelous

This worksheet was made so the students could practice finding the x- and y-intercepts from linear equations and, then, graph them. The worksheet covers some background information that the students need to know about x- and y-axes and x- and y-intercepts. The review is in the form of "fill in the blank". The worksheet also provides workspace for calculating the intercepts and coordinate planes to graph the points and lines. The worksheet provides good scaffolding for the students. Answer

This activity starts with the student calculating y-coordinates given the x-coordinates and the equations. The equations include some with positive slopes and some with negative slopes and provide the student with practice adding and subtracting integers. The worksheet to complete this includes “workspaces” where the calculations may be completed, a column for the calculated y-coordinate, and a column for the ordered pair. Once the ordered pairs are determined, the ordered pairs are graphed

I created these problems so that my students would see and understand different aspects of a real-life linear problem and to better understand slope. With this product, there are four variations on the same worksheet, so they may be used in many ways. The teacher may model completing one of the worksheets, then have the students complete another, or the worksheets may be used as quizzes, or the worksheets may be randomly distributed so that not everyone has the same one and more concentrated t

This product is a 10-problem trashketball review of solving and graphing one-variable inequalities. The inequality problems are 2-step and multi-step inequalities. One review includes the graphs (number lines), and a second review does not include the graphs to give the user a choice for the review. Instructions and answers are included. Basically, the students break into groups, the problems are projected one at a time on the board. The students work the problem out on paper and show their

I made this product for two reasons. The first reason was to have a large Slope Guy poster to post in my classroom. The second reason was to have the students interact with the different types of slope yet again. This product is also good for an easy day (e.g. after testing). This Mr. Slope Guy has the types of slopes written in the eyebrows, the nose and the mouth. He also has hair. There is a one-page poster, a 2x2 page poster, and a 3x3 page poster. The 2x2 and the 3x3 page posters may b

With this activity, students may work individually or with a partner. The students get 16 toothpicks (preferably the flat ones so they do not roll around) and a copy of the recording sheet. The students make rows of squares with the toothpicks, starting with one square formed from 4 toothpicks. Students continue to add squares to the original square and they record the number of toothpicks they use, the number of squares made, and the perimeter of the entire row of squares. The students sh

This activity starts with the student calculating y-coordinates given the x-coordinates and the equations. The worksheet to complete this includes “workspaces” where the calculations may be completed, a column for the calculated y-coordinate, and a column for the ordered pair. The equations include those with negative slopes and require the students to work with adding & subtracting integers. Once the ordered pairs are determined, the ordered pairs are graphed on the coordinate plane (provide

This product was created to help students understand compound inequalities (both AND and OR types), work with the inequalities, and be thoughtful about the concepts. Questions in the worksheets, help "walk" the students through the problem. Included with this product is one worksheet for the "AND" type, one for the "OR" type, and a short quiz on the "AND" type, all with answers. Each problem has the students graph the inequality and name numbers that are solutions to the inequality. This pro

This activity starts with the student calculating y-coordinates given the x-coordinates and the equations. The worksheet to complete this includes “workspaces” where the calculations may be completed, a column for the calculated y-coordinate, and a column for the ordered pair. Once the ordered pairs are determined, the ordered pairs are graphed on a coordinate plane (provided with this product) and the corresponding lines are drawn. Once all of the lines are drawn, the student colors the de

This activity bundle may make up most of, if not all, of a unit plan on the six common math functions: linear, absolute value, quadratic, exponential, rational, and radical. The activities start with real-life problems that are interesting and fun for the students. They may be completed as an interactive lecture to introduce or revisit the students to the functions. The activity bundle has over 40 word problems and 21 scenarios to represent the functions. The word problems are given using a

Algebra students need to learn to write equations from graphed lines. Instead of determining equations from plain lines on a coordinate plane, the lines could be from a figure instead! This product has two stick figures on a coordinate grid. 10 of the lines of the stick figures are numbered. Those are the lines that pass through the y-axis on the coordinate plane given (if the lines are extended using a ruler). The student is asked to write linear equations in slope-intercept form of each n

This product provides practice describing the steps to graphing a linear equation in slope-intercept form. The product has 15 equations for which the students need to state the y-intercept, the slope (in fraction form), and the direction of finding the next point using the slope. The students are directed to describe two ways to get to the next point using the slope. One way is moving up, and the other way is moving down. The students also sketch the direction of the slope, which helps them

This product has four worksheets about real-life linear functions to be completed with interactive lecturing. The worksheets are written around the theme of candy in which the idea is to buy two types of candy for a certain amount of money without getting change back. The students complete a table showing how much of each type of candy can be purchased. The data in the table is later graphed, and there are questions about rate (slope) and a linear equation is developed in the third worksh

This product is designed to be an interactive assignment for the whole class, although variations may be made. The product includes a table listed the most favored foods at holiday times. The students are to each vote on their favorite food out of the choice, and the choices are tallied for each food. The tallies are combined for each choice and the percentage of students preferring each food are determined. The percentage of students preferring each food of the five are also determined as a

This product includes three versions of a sheet of blank xy tables for making tables of coordinate points or ordered pairs. Typically, an xy table shows merely the "x" and "y"s, but these tables include a workspace for calculating the y using the equation, and they include a column showing the ordered pairs, which is handy when graphing. One version has three tables per page. A second version has four tables per page. The third version has six tables per page. This product was created by Susa

This product is a template for the students to use for creating a poster of graphing a linear equation in slope-intercept form. My students needed more practice at mastering this skill. Graphing one equation at a time in poster format was a good way to help the students focus and slow down their work so that the graphing would be accurate. There are two templates here: one has the description of the steps pre-printed on the poster, and the other leaves space for the students to write their

In this game, each student (or partner group) gets a Bingo card. The students write the answers randomly on their Bingo card. There are 24 clues and 24 answers. I stress to the students that their card should be different from everyone elses and that is why they need to put the answers on their card in mixed-up order. The students might need scrap paper to determine some of the answers. The teacher has the clues/answers in a box or basket and he or she mixes them up and calls out one at a

This product includes three different graphic organizer pages to help students make quick sketches of quadratic functions. The pages may also be used to record their work and results of matching quadratic functions (equations) with their graphs. The teacher may decide which one to use.  All of the ways provide scaffolding for students while they are learning about quadratic functions. One way to use this product is to have students sort quadratic equations and graphs and show their reasoning us

This product is good for practicing graphing equations that are in slope-intercept form. The product includes 10 different linear equations in slope-intercept form to be graphed on a coordinate plane yielding a design. Two of the equations form horizontal lines. The product includes a table (graphic organizer) for the students to write the slopes and the y-intercepts of the equations prior to graphing. The design includes two stars presented at different orientations. The teacher could deci

In this activity, the students are given a printout that has six steps that are used to graph a linear equation in slope-intercept form. The steps are randomly displayed on the printout. The students cut out the six steps and the title and put the steps in their proper order. The teacher checks the students order to make sure it is correct. Then, the students paste the steps to a sheet of paper (e.g., colored copy paper) in the right order. The students draw arrows leading one step to t