Lessons tagged with "simplified"

This algebra and functions lesson focuses on identifying the commutative and associative properties in simplified expressions. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read the expressions as they are simplified. Then, they identify which property of addition was used to simplify them. They justify their answer by explaining that if the addends were put into different places in the expression, then it was commutative, while if the addends were grouped to add them together, it was associative. In addition to the lesson, there are eight pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.

This algebra and functions lesson focuses on using the order of operations. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students determine which operation to perform first (using PEMDAS) and repeat the order of operations until no more can be performed. Then, they compute the final value. In addition to the lesson, there are thirteen pages of Independent Practice and Periodic Reviews with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.

This Algebra 1 lesson teaches students how to simplify rational expressions by factoring. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. Students will factor the polynomial in the numerator completely, if possible, and then the denominator. Finally, they will simplify the fraction by reducing common polynomials factors in the numerator and the denominator. In addition to the lesson, there is one page of Independent Practice and three pages of periodic review.