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//**Title:**// Solving Equations with one variable

//**Course & Topic:**// Mastery Algebra I / Solving Equations with One Variable

//**What does your topic mean?**// Students will learn how to solve equations for a given variable by performing inverse operations.

//**What kinds of problems will your students solve?**// Students will solve problems that require one step, two steps, and then multi-steps. They will also write equations when given a word problem.

//**What’s the relevance of this kind of math problem?**// This kind of problem is important because it teaches basic algebraic skills that will be needed when learning to solve and graph equations. These are things we do throughout our studies in math so it’s very important that students become proficient in these skills.

//**What are your current thoughts regarding the use of technology to help teach this topic?**// It’s very difficult to come up with interesting, meaningful ways to use technology with this unit because the skills are so basic and really just involve following steps. I plan to use a virtual balance to show how equations must stay balanced when performing operations and I will encourage students to use their calculators for basic arithmetic and to check their work.











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