Title: Simplifying Expressions
Learning Objectives
Grade F
To be able to use letters to write a simple algebraic expression.
What does the letter stand for?
Grade E
To be able to demonstrate how to simplify algebraic expressions by collecting like terms.
Which terms can we combine and which can we not combine?
Grade D
To be able to explain the common misconceptions in algebra.
Can you identify common misconceptions and why it is easy to make these mistakes?
Resources
Grade E
Ten Ticks - 5, 5, page 16-17 (Algebra additions)
Grade D
Work through the misconceptions sheet.
Homework
MyMaths Revision
Learning Objectives for next lesson:
To be able to calculate the next term in a sequence.
Can you explain how the sequence is generated?
Grade E
To be able to explain the rules that describe any linear sequence.
Can you compare a linear sequence to a times table?
