Math Monkey

This worksheet gives independent practice for students adding and subtraction of terms. Variations includes: variables with different exponents, distributive property, multiplying with fractions, identifying numbers of terms and nested expressions. A modified worksheet is included for differential skill levels. Examples are given to help student understand the concept of combining terms. Example 3 is a common misconception that students share when working with like terms. Two extra credit

This PowerPoint is 10 slides long. This lesson satisfies the some of the requirements for common core (HSN.RN.A.2). Slide #2 and 3 are the vocabulary slides, be sure to look at the PowerPoint notes because it contains the concepts that are to be stress with each slide. Slide #4 illustrates how to the radical symbol of the radical is a grouping symbol. It is a nice comparison of an expression that is grouped differently. Slide #5 is a review of squares; students should know 1-20 and 25 square

This Jeopardy PowerPoint is good for review or parent night to have students demonstrate their math skills. The categories are “Name that Property”, “Substitute Evaluate & PEMDAS”, “and Adding like Terms”, “ Multiplying Exponents and Dividing Exponents”. This lesson reviews many of the requirements for common core. I normally will have two teams and rotate the person who it answering the questions. If they correctly answer a question they switch with a team mate. If you use this for a paren

This worksheet has four real world problems; it satisfies the requirement for common core 8.EE.8 and several other standards. Students should be able to define variables, write equations, and graph ordered pairs. The first problem is an one-step equation about paint coverage. The next three problems are two-step equations about decline in population, sport club membership and car payment. I created several different print styles. If you don’t want the pictures than print first two sheets ba

This PowerPoint has two real world problems Instagram posts and cell phone plans, vocabulary, exit questions, templates for notes; it satisfies the requirement for common core 8.EE.8 and several other standards. The first problem model is a one-step equation the second problem is comparison of two cell phone plans. The vocabulary slide defines independent and dependent variables. Review the notes for each slide because they describe key concepts for the students. The white note taking icon i

The easy part is to simplify the expression. The hard part is students should explain which of the exponent laws are needed to find a correct solution. Many students can solve the problem but cannot explain the how or why of the solution. There are 26 different problems with answer keys and six Law of Exponents tables for review. This is for algebra students so the rigor is higher. Note the slight difference between card #23 and 53; they have the same concept of a negative in front of coeffi