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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 assignment covers word problems about exponential functions with percent increase or decrease. For example, if there are 5000 people in your town, and the population grows by 10% per year, how many people are in your town in 8 years? This worksheet has a QR code, which links to a video that walks students through the "guided notes" portion of the assignment, which they can follow with 8 individual practice problems.

This 25 question assignment has students write an expression, equation, or inequality based on a written description. For example, a problem may state "Four times the sum of three and x is -15." The student would then have to write "4(3 + X) = -15."

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