Completing the Puzzle: How to Finishing Equations when Multiplying Fractions by Whole Numbers Using Models
TL;DR: Sometimes the equation has a blank where the answer should go, and a picture sits next to it. Your job is to read the picture, write down what it shows, and plug that into the equation. If the model shows three shaded thirds across two rectangles, that is 2 times three-thirds, which equals six-thirds, […]
How to Modeling Real-World Situations Using Functions
Algebra 1 How to Model Real-World Situations Using Functions Modeling means turning a real situation — a phone bill, a falling ball, a growing savings account — into a function you can compute and predict with. The trick is spotting the starting value and the rate of change. We’ll build linear, quadratic, and exponential models […]
