This interdisciplinary lesson ties earth science concepts in with algebra. The forest-fire danger rating index is applied to a mathematical model. Students will learn real-world meaning of the intercepts and slope in the...

This learning object from Wisc-Online covers the properties of equality as related to algebraic equations. The unit's activities include defining the terminology and properties of equality associated with algebraic...

This learning object from Wisc-Online covers trade discount word problems. The lesson teaches a method of solving these problems which requires students to memorize only one equation. Example problems are included.

This course provides an introduction to number theory, including topics such as prime numbers, congruences, quadratic reciprocity, diophantine equations, irrational numbers, continued fractions and elliptic curves. The...

This algebra lesson from Illuminations lets students gain experience solving problems using systems of equations. The example problem provided has one solution, but multiple variations may be used to derive the answer. A...