Critical Thinking: Students will develop the critical thinking skills required to analyze and solve a variety of one-variable linear equations.
Communication: Students will explain their thought process and solutions, both orally and in written form, enhancing their mathematical communication skills.
Responsibility: Students will demonstrate responsibility by engaging with the learning material and persistently working through challenges in problem-solving.
Collaboration: Students will work in groups to discuss strategies and solutions, leveraging the strengths and perspectives of peers to enhance understanding and problem-solving skills.
What strategies can be used to isolate the variable in a one-variable linear equation?
How do the properties of equality guide the steps in solving one-variable linear equations?
In what ways can solving one-variable linear equations be applied to real-life scenarios?
Students are able to convert quantitative problems that use words into mathematical expressions.
CCSS.Math.Content.6.EE.B.7: Solve real-world and mathematical problems by writing and solving equations of the form x + p = q and px = q for cases in which p, q, and x are all nonnegative rational numbers.
CCSS.Math.Content.7.EE.B.4: Use variables to represent quantities in a real-world or mathematical problem, and construct simple equations and inequalities to solve problems by reasoning about the quantities.
CCSS.Math.Content.8.EE.C.7: Solve linear equations in one variable.
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