Algebra I - EC: A1.1.1.1.1
Algebra I - EC: A1.1.1.1.1
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
Related Academic Standards / Eligible Content
Activities
- Estimate the value of
to the nearest tenth without using a calculator.
- Place the following list of numbers in order from least to greatest.
a. 22/7 b. -3.14 c. π d. 31/10 e.
- Put the following in order from least to greatest, x, x2, x3 and x4 when x = -1/2?
- Place the following numbers in order from least to greatest:
- Which letter on the number line is the best approximation of
– 
?
- Put the following three numbers in order from greatest to least: 0.5,
, and (0.5)2.
- Which point on the number line best represents 154?
- The number k – 9 is how much less than k + 5?
- List three irrational numbers that fall between 0 and 4.
- For what values of x is (–x)3 > (x3) ?
- Using the numbers 2, 3, 7 and 10, write three different inequalities of the form
where each integer is used once in each inequality.
- Place the correct inequality sign in each blank.
a. 
b. 
c. 
- How many integers are between
and 
?
- Write the fraction and decimal values that represent each line between 0 and 1 inch. All lines are equally spaced apart.
- Between which two integers can you find the following fractions:
a. 
b. 
c. 
d. 
e. 
- Assuming the number line below is drawn to scale, which letter is closest to 1,000,000,000?
- For what values of b is |b| > b2?
- Determine at least one value that would make the following inequalities true and one value that would make the inequalities not true.
a. (2x)2 > 3x2 b. –x > x2 c. |x| > 2 – x
Answer Key/Rubric
- 3.8 or 3.9 (exact 3.87)
- b, d, c, a, and e
- x, x3, x4 and x2
- D
, 0.5, then (0.5)2
- D
- 14 units less
- Various answers including: π,
- x < 0
- Various answers including:
- a. < , b. ≤ or ≥ , c. >
- 6
Decimal answers: 0, 0.0625, 0.125, 0.1875, 0.25, 0.3125, 0.375, 0.4375, 0.5, 0.5625, 0.625, 0.6875, 0.75, 0.8125, 0.875, 0.9375, 1
- a. between 5 and 6 b. between -8 and -7 c. between 2 and 3 d. between 403 and 404 e. between 1 and 2
- A
- -1 < b < 1 except b ≠ 0
- Various answers including
- True: any number except 0 Not True: 0
- True: -1 < x < 0 Not True: x ≥ 0 or x ≤ -1
- True: x > 1 Not True: x ≤ 1
