Algebra I - EC: A1.1.1.1.2
Algebra I - EC: A1.1.1.1.2
Continuum of Activities
The list below represents a continuum of activities: resources categorized by Standard/Eligible Content that teachers may use to move students toward proficiency. Using LEA curriculum and available materials and resources, teachers can customize the activity statements/questions for classroom use.
This continuum of activities offers:
- Instructional activities designed to be integrated into planned lessons
- Questions/activities that grow in complexity
- Opportunities for differentiation for each student’s level of performance
Grade Levels
12th Grade
Course, Subject
Mathematics, Algebra I
Related Academic Standards / Eligible Content
Activities
- Simplify
- Simplify
- Simplify
- Simplify
- Simplify
- Simplify
- Simplify
- Simplify
- Simplify 4x
- Simplify
- Simplify
- Simplify
- For what value of x does
equal 
?
- Determine one value of y that is less than 15 for which the expression
can be simplified further.
- A cubic container is used to hold leftover soup after dinner. If there are 1,344 in3 of soup leftover, what is the minimum side length of the cubic container used to hold all of the soup?
- A rectangle has a length of
and width of
. What is the area of the rectangle?
- A ladder is placed against a wall so that the base of the ladder is 12 feet from the base of the wall. The top of the ladder touches the wall 27 feet above the ground. What is the exact length of the ladder?
- A large oak tree can grow to a height of 91 feet. The tree’s branches reach out 21 feet from the center of the trunk. If you were standing directly under the furthest branch of the tree, how far is it from your feet to the top of the tree?
- A commercial airliner flies over your house at an altitude of 2,000 feet. Fifteen seconds later the plane has traveled 500 feet to the west. What is the simplified distance from your house to the plane’s current location?
Answer Key/Rubric
- 14
- x = 3
- y = 4, 8, 9, or 12
in.
feet
feet
feet
