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This 20 question assignment has students simplify expressions. Problems 1-10 has them combine like terms, and problems 21-40 has them combine like terms and use the distributive property as well. I have a video that I created that shows how I explain this concept. The video can be found at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbtkYWljWNo Feel free to use!

In this project, students are presented with a situation in which they want to open a bakery, but must first write a business plan to apply for a loan. They are given the basic costs of running a business, and are then asked to write and solve a system of equations to find the number of cupcakes they need to sale to turn a profit each day. Then, they are to make judgments based on the solution to their system. Included is instructions, rubric, and technology suggestions.

This project is two-fold, in that students are required to solve a literal equation, and then use that literal equation to make repeated calculations in Google Spreadsheet (or Microsoft Excel). This includes instructions for the project, a rubric, and instructions for suggested technology applications. **I created this project because my students were not seeing the necessity in being able to solve a literal equation (an equation with multiple variables). When I explained that sometimes you