I had my work cut out for me this week because we were doing every one's favorite kids of math problems - WORD PROBLEMS!
Students learned how to set up and solve word problems involving systems of equations. We did problems together on the board and then students tried to solve some on their own. We noticed that the more problems we did together, the easier they became! We were able to set up equations to word problems involving 2 missing variables and then solve these equations using substitution or elimination (Mrs. H's favorite!)
After the week, I still don't think that anyone ( but me & Mrs. Frederick ) loves to do word problems, but at least now my classes know how to solve them.
On Monday we will be reviewing sec. 3.1-3.2 on solving systems of equations. There will be a quiz on these sections on Wednesday.
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