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Do First. Take out your have outs and write the following things on the note card at your seat:
Look over your returned work. Use the answer key sitting at your table to help you check your score. In
the space below answer the following questions:
1. How was the assignment? Did you do well or not well?
2. What was easy and what was hard? Be as specific as possible.
3. If you did not get a high score, what can you do differently today to improve your score?

Do First (Part 2)
Simplify the following expression:
Expression

Simplification

Explanation
1.
2.

)2

(26 21
102 75

3.
4.
5.

Solve the following equation for x:

Equation

Solution

Explanation
1.
2.
3.

12 + 4 = 4 4

4.
5.
Objective :
SWBAT use the order of operations to simplify
expressions
SWBAT solve one- and two-step equations
with simplification

Agenda
Do First (Pt.1) and (Pt.2) (10 minutes) and Share Outs (5
minutes)
Key Ideas (5 minutes)
Simplifying Rational Expressions (15 minutes)
Solving Equations (15 minutes)

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Key Ideas
1. Math includes four primary operations:
a. Multiplication, Division, Addition, and
Subtraction

G Grouping Symbols
(innermost first)

2. In order to ensure that all people get the same

answer each time, those who use math agree
to perform these operations in a particular
order
3. The order of operations can be summed up
using GEMDAS.

M Multiplication
and
D Division (from left
to right)

E Exponents

A -- Addition
and
(S Subtraction (from
left to right)

By applying this order

to our operations, we
will always get the same
answer as another
person.
What would happen if
we made up our own
order?

Key Ideas
1. Sometimes, we need to find an unknown
number. We call an unknown number a
variable. We usually represent variables with
letters (a, b, c,x, y, z). The most commonly
used variable in algebra is x.

3. In order to solve for a variable we must follow

two steps:
a. Simplify both sides of equation using
the order of operations
b. Perform an inverse operation on
both sides of the equal sign

2. An expression that contains an unknown

number (a variable) that we must find: an
equation.
(Ex:

12

i. Multiplication Division
ii. Addition Subtraction

=4)

We call it an equation because it has two

values that are equal. In other words, x must
be a number that if we were to divide it by 12,
would give us 4

4. Performing inverse operations allows to move

numbers and variables from one side of the
equals sign to the other until we have
isolated our variable.
5. Once the variable is isolated, we are able to
figure out what its value is!

Key Ideas
1. Sometimes, we may need to simplify some
expressions in our equation before we
perform inverse operations to isolate our
variable.
Ex.

2 + 4 =

90
10

2. In the above equation, before we can perform

out inverse operations (- 4, 2) we must
90
simplify
10

3.

90
10

= 9, so we can rewrite our equation as:

2 + 4 = 9
4. Then we perform our inverse operations and
5
find that x = 2

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Simplifying Rational Expressions.

Rational expressions can be tough to simplify because they look very intimidating. However, they are
actually pretty easy to solve if you remember one basic trick:

12+78
4718

1
2

is the same as:

(12 +7 8 * ) (4*7 - 18 )
2

You can take the numerator and rewrite it as an expression in parentheses divided by the denominator!
Rational Expression

1
24 16
2
12
+21
6

14
90
14
15 (12 8)

120

Re-Write

Solution

Explanation

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Solving one- and two-step equations.
Equation

Calculations

Explanation

+ 12 = 18

2 14 = 24

82 = 64(2)

72
=2
36

Solving one- and two-step equations with simplification

Equation

2 +

12
= 18(2)
3

2
13 = 24
2

Calculations

Explanation

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Do First (Pt. 3)
Solve the following equation for z. Make sure to explain your steps.
Equation

Solution

Explanation

12 + 4 = 4 + 4

Objective :

Agenda

SWBAT solve multi-variable equations

Do First (5 minutes) and Share Out (3 minutes)

Key Ideas (5 minutes)
Practice (20 minutes)
Word Problems (15 minutes)

Key Ideas
1. Sometimes we have more than one unknown
number in our equation so we have more
than one variable

2 4 = + 6(2)

2. In these situations, we cannot simplify down

to only a simple number. If we solve for one
variable our answer will still have the other
variable in it.

2 16 =

Solve for y : 2 4 = + 6(2)

3. That means our answer will still have an x.

2 4 = + 12

= 2 16
4. As you can see, we isolate the variable y using
inverse operations. But our x is still present.
5. Youve probably seen equations like the one
above before. If you graph this, it makes a
straight line!

Practice.
Equation

Solution

Explanation
1.

Solve for y:
12 = 6

2.
3.
4.
5.

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Equation

Solution

Explanation

Solution

Explanation

Solution

Explanation

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Solve for q:
(3 1) = 2 22

Equation

Solve for t:
12 6
= 2

Equation

Solve for y:
15 + 5 = 30 + 65

Word Problems
You bought a magazine for $5 and four erasers. You spent a total of $25. How much did each eraser cost?
Equation

Solution

Explanation

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Two-Step Equation Word Problems.

331 students went on a field trip. Six buses were filled and 7 students traveled in cars. How many
students were in each bus?
Equation

Calculations

Explanation

Maria bought seven boxes. A week later half of all her boxes were destroyed in a fire. There are now only
22 boxes left. With how many did she start?
Equation

Calculations

Explanation

Imani spent half of her weekly allowance playing mini-golf. To earn more money her parents let her wash
the car for $4. What is her weekly allowance if she ended with $12?
Equation

Calculations

Explanation

The Cooking Club made some pies to sell at a basketball game to raise money for the new math books.
The cafeteria contributed four pies to the sale. Each pie was then cut into five pieces and sold. There
were a total of 60 pieces to sell. How many pies did the club make?
Equation

Calculations

Explanation

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Do First (Part 3).

Tell me at least 3 things you know about the graph and table pictured below:

Objective :

Agenda

SWBAT define a linear function in everyday

language and explain the usefulness of linear

Do First (Pt 3) (4 minutes) and Discussion (7 minutes)

Key Ideas (3 minutes)
Intro to Linear Functions Video (15 minutes)

functions
Key Ideas
1. Linear functions are helpful because they allow
us to relate our inputs to our outputs. In other
words, if I put x amount of something into a
function machine, I will get y amount of
something else out of it.
2. Linear functions are one of the foundational
elements of all higher math. They can be very
useful as well.

3. Linear functions can tell us things, like:

a. How many hours do I need to work to
make enough money for a new pair of
headphones?
b. If I make x pizzas, how many people
can I feed?
c. And on and on!
4. One important thing to note about functions is
that for every input, there can only be one
output. We will learn more about why this is
important later.

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What is a function and why do they matter?

Watch the video (https://www.brainpop.com/technology/computerscience/graphinglinearequations/) and
answer the questions below:
1. What is a linear function?

2. What is the relationship between bees and honey? How is that shown mathematically?

3. How do you graph linear functions?

4. What is one set of inputs and outputs in your life that you could express using a linear function?

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Do First (Pt. 4)
Graph the following table on the coordinate plane and connect the points. Label the quadrants on the
graph.

Table

x
1
2
3
4
5

Graph

y
1
2
3
4
5

1. What do we call the graph that we created? _________________________________________________

2.

If the graph were to continue into infinity in both directions, what would that look like? Sketch this
continuation on the graph and explain below what this would look like.

Create a table below based on the graph:

Table

Graph

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Is this a function?
Relation A

Explanation

Relation C

Explanation

Relation C

Explanation

x
12
14
16
18
20
Relation D

y
6
3
0
-3
-6
Explanation

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Objective :

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Agenda
Do First (Pt 4) (8 minutes) and Discussion (4 minutes)

SWBAT define a linear function in everyday

language and explain the usefulness of linear
functions

Function vs. Relations (10 minutes)

Key Ideas (5 minutes)
Solving Functions (10 minutes)
Multiple Representations of Functions (15 minutes)

Key Ideas
1. Whenever we pair an input and an output, we
call this a relation. These inputs and outputs
are usually called ordered pairs, x and y, and
may be represented like this: (x,y).
2. If there is only one y value for each x value,
we call this relation a function. Sometimes we
write functions as f(x) or y, but it means the
same thing.
3. On a graph, we can use the vertical line test
to determine if a relation is a function. We just
draw an up-and down line. If it touches more
than one point, not a function.

f(x)= the total money I made

7x = $7 times the number of tickets (x) I sold
+ 100 = the donations I received beforehand
6. If I learned that I sold 100 tickets, I would
rewrite the function like this:
(100) = 7 + 100
(100) = 7(100) + 100
(100) = 700 + 100
(100) = 800

Example: () = 7 + 100
4. We read this as f of x equals x plus one
hundred
5. Here is a possible interpretation of the function.
I need to know how much money I made at
a charity auction. At the start of the night,
we had already received $100 from mail-in
donations. Each ticket cost 7 dollars.

7. So, I learned that I if I sold 100 tickets, I would

end up with $800 according to my function
8. I could find out how much money I made at
any number of tickets by changing x

1. What is advantage of working with a function over a relation? Use the example of the tickets from
above.

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Practice.
Function

(12) =

Explanation

Calculations

Explanation

Calculations

Explanation

Calculations

Explanation

+ (18 16)
6

Function

(16) =

Calculations

+ (18 16)
6

Function

(2) =

+
2 4

Function

(2) =

+
2 4

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