Week beginning Monday 7th January 2013 - Solving Simple equations

LEARNING OBJECTIVE: You will discover how to find solutions to equations.
SUCCESS CRITERIA: You will understand what is meant by an inverse operation and be able to use these to solve equations

DEFINITION: INVERSE = MATHEMATICAL OPPOSITE

STARTER: Write down the inverse of each of these operations

1. +3
2. -4
3. x 5
4. x 2
5. +17
6. -21
7. ÷ 6
8.   4
9. x ½
10.  ½
11.  x ¼
12. ÷ ¼  

LESSON: Use this Lesson to show how to solve equations, use the question pages repeateadly to gove lots of practice. . Use the first two parts of this worksheet for extra practice:

Then have a go at these exercise from Foundation text book.

Ex 24A page 494 (level F)

Ex 24B pAge 495 Level E)

Ex 24C Page 497 (level E)

EXTENSION WORK: 

Ex 24D Page 499 (level E & D)

Sections 3 & 4 from worksheet (level D & C)

EX 24 F Page 502 (Level D& C)