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Do First. Take out your have outs and write the following things on the note card at your seat:
1. Your full name

2. Your home campus

5. A TV show you like

6. A musician you like

3. Your phone number

7. A place you want to
visit

4. Your parents phone #

8. The grade you want in
this class

Goals for Credit Recovery.

How do you currently feel about math? Give a number on a scale from 1-10.

Why do you think you feel that way?

How would you like to feel about math after this class?

What would you like to accomplish over the course of this class?

How do you expect this class to impact your Algebra class at your home campus?

Why Study Math? Watch the video and use the space below to jot down your thoughts.
http://weusemath.org/

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Do First (Part 1)
Simplify the following expression:

(1911)2
4

Simplifying this expression requires 3 steps. Use the space below to list each step you took to simplify
this expression:
Step One
Step Two
Step Three
How did you know that you should follow those steps? How did you know what order to perform the
steps in?

Objective :

Agenda

SWBAT articulate the order of operations and

apply the order of operations in order to

Do First (4 mins) and Discussion (3 mins) (7 minutes total)

Key Ideas (5 minutes)
Overview of Operations (7 minutes)

simplify an expression

Operations Word Problems (7 minutes)

Order of Operations Overview (5 minutes)
Order of Operations Practice (14 minutes)

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?

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Overview of Operations.
Addition
Practice:
1+7
12 + 16 + 9
17 + 48 + 73 + 126

Subtraction
Practice:
10 8
54 17
126 56 79 8

Multiplication
Practice:
89
12 10 4
14 11 16 2

Division
Practice:
36
4
125
5
400
20
5

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Exponentiation
Practice:

42 =
93 =
28 =

Additional Practice
127 + 146 + 3246 =

12 37 16 =

1
2
+ 274 + 1 =
3
3

1
3
12 1 =
4
12

19.6 + 22.4 + 136.9 + 225.9 =

12.5 26 45.5 =

200 73 4 =

276
=
12

1
1324 24 76 =
4

12000.12 97.6 132.9 =

12510
=
15

525600
12

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Operations in Word Problems. Rewrite the following word problems as expressions and simplify.
There are 627 people currently waiting in line at Target to purchase the PS4 game Destiny. Another 32
people are in line to at the Wal-Mart down the street. Game Stop has two hundred eighty-one people in
line. How many people are there in the first two lines?

The school library bought one hundred fifty-six new books last year. They bought thirty-six new books
this year. 74 of the books were fiction. What is the difference between the number of books they bought
last year and this year?

A broken scale reads 11 inches. Kathy uses the broken scale to measure the length of a rope. She finds
the length of the rope is 113 times the length of the broken scale. Find the length of the rope.

The YES Prep took a field trip to see the Dynamos play. For the safety of the kids, each teacher was
responsible for 24 kids. If 336 kids participated, how many teachers participated?

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Order of Operations.
In order to make sure that we all get the same answers, all people who use math have agreed to use our
primary operations in a certain order. We remember that order using GEMDAS.
Simplify the following expression using GEMDAS:

G Grouping Symbols
(innermost first)

12 + 6 11 4

E Exponents
M Multiplication
and
D Division (from left to right)

Now simplify the expression by simply performing the

operations from left to right:

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

Simplification

Explanation
1.
2.

126 + 16 12 + 34 142

3.
4.
1.
2.

1246 342 14 + 267

3.
4.
1.
2.

12 2 6 4

3..

1.
32 (2 6) + 12 2

2.
3.
4.

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Expression

Simplification

Explanation
1.
2.

12 14 90 400
+
+

6
7 10 40

3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
1.

36 45
+
(2 + 12)
6
5

2.
3.
4.
5.
1.

80
2 + (12 4 )
16
3

2.
3.
4.
5.
1.
2.
3.

83 +

81 2

32 4

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4.
5.
6.
7.

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1.
2.
3.
9
200 (4 + 12 3)
236 (6 (26 + 5)) 10

4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
1.
2.

24 90
4 + 9 12 + 12
12
2
1

3.
4.
5.
6.

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Do First (Part Two).

Solve the following equation for x. Make sure to explain how you solved for x.
7+ =4
Calculation

Explanation

Objective :
SWBAT simplify expressions and
perform inverse operations to solve
for a variable

Agenda
Do First (4 minutes) and Discussion (3 minutes) (7 minutes total)
Key Ideas (5 minutes)
Inverse Operations and One-Step Equations (18 minutes)
Isolation the Variable, Coefficient of 1, and Two-Step Equations (30
minutes)

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.
2. An expression that contains an unknown
number (a variable) that we must find: an
equation.
(Ex:

12

=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

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
i. Multiplication Division
ii. Addition Subtraction
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!

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Inverse Operations. Identify the operation being performed on the variable in each expression. Then,
identify that operations inverse.
Expression

Operation

Inverse

+7
12
8

36

One-Step Equations. Perform the inverse operation in order to solve for x.

Equation

+ 7 = 18

12 = 24

8 = 64

=2
36

Calculations

Explanation

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Word Problems with One-Step Equations. Read the word problems, construct your equation, and
solve for x.
Last Friday Trevon had $29. Over the weekend he received some money for cleaning the attic. He now
has $41. How much money did he receive?
Equation

Calculations

Explanation

How many boxes of envelopes can you buy with $12 if one box costs $3?
Equation

Calculations

Explanation

Your mother gave you $13.32 with which to buy a present. This covered 3/5 of the cost. How much did
the present cost?
Equation

Calculations

Explanation

Amanda and her best friend found some money buried in a field. They split the money evenly, each
getting $24.28. How much money did they find?
Equation

Calculations

Explanation

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Two-Step Equations. Isolate your variable by performing inverse operations. Then, perform inverse
operations in order to achieve a variable with a coefficient of 1.

Equation

Calculations

Explanation
1.
2.

2 + 4 = 18
3.
1.
1
12 = 24
3

2.
3.
1.
2.

73 = 8 + 9
3.
1.

+2=3
26

2.
3.

One- and Two-Step Equations and Simplifying Expressions.

Sometimes, before you are able to perform inverse operations, you must first simplify expressions. On
the practice problems below, simplify the expressions first. Then perform inverse operations, isolate
your variable, and achieve a coefficient of 1 for your variable using inverse operations.

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Equation

Calculations

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Explanation
1.
2.

2 + 4 = 18 + 12
3.
1.
2.

1
12 3 = 24
3

3.
1.
2.

73 = 8 + 28 11
3.
1.
2.

+2=3
17 + 32

3.

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

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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
functions

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

Key Ideas (3 minutes)
Intro to Linear Functions Video (6 minutes)
Linear Functions Debrief (5 minutes)

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?