Solving Linear Equations with a Teeter Totter
Solving Linear Equations with a Teeter Totter
Students will obtain hands on understanding through application activities in order to solve linear equations in one variable and interpret, determine, and create various equations that have one solution, no solutions, or infinite many solutions.
Mathematics
Solve linear equations in one variable.
Understand that a function is a rule that assigns to each input exactly one output. The graph of a function is the set of ordered pairs consisting of an input and the corresponding output.
Construct a function to model a linear relationship between two quantities. Determine the rate of change and initial value of the function from a description of a relationship or from two (*x,y*) values, including reading these from a table or from a graph. Interpret the rate of change and initial value of a linear function in terms of the situation it models, and in terms of its graph or a table of values.
Find the point on a directed line segment between two given points that partitions the segment in a given ratio.
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About the Teacher
Chuck Trader
Saint Mary's Middle School
Camden County SchoolsChuck Trader is currently a 6th grade teacher at St. Marys Middle School in St. Marys, GA. Mr. Trader has a Bachelor of Science in Business from Indiana University and a Master’s Degree in Secondary Education from Grand Canyon University. Prior to becoming a teacher, Mr. Trader spent 25 years as a corporate banking and finance professional and entrepreneur. His best piece of teaching advice is to get the students engaged into applying what you are teaching in a way students can directly relate.
