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Students struggle over creating linear expressions from the text of a word problem. To help them I have created two resources here. The first is a walkthrough aiding them in the construction of a linear equation using: 1. slope and intercept 2. slope and point 3. two points The answers to this guided activity is provided. The second part of this workbook is a cut and paste activity where students read the word problem and search for the correct expression to go with the statement. An answer key

Students often struggle over creating expressions to solve from word problems. I have created this resource to help guide them and see the patterns in the various types of quadratic word problems that they can encounter. In this activity, students will paste the correct equations to the quadratic word problems. An answer key is provided which makes this activity very student directed. This allows teachers to focus individually on the students. Because the students get to choose their answer fro