Jousting Armadillos & Other Equations: An Introduction to Algebra (Arbor Algebra Series, 1)
by Linus Rollman Author
(From Amazon): Jousting Armadillos introduces students to basic algebraic concepts, notation, and operations. Students learn to: engage in various forms of inductive and deductive reasoning; reflect on the nature of variables; speak the language of algebra; perform the basic operations with negative numbers; manipulate algebraic fractions; and solve single-variable problems and resolve inequalities. Learn more at www.arboralgebra.org.
Additional Details
- Resource Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 9780982136317
- Print Status
- In Print
- Lessons
- 38
- Pages
- 184
- Suggested Grades
- 5th - 9th
- Publisher
- Arbor Center for Teaching (www.arboralgebra.org)
- Edition
- 1
- Copyright
- 2009
Lessons
- 1 1.1 How do We Know Things?p. 12
- 2 1.2 Some Problems p. 14
- 3 1.3 Inductive Reasoning and it's Limitations p. 18
- 4 1.4 Some Puzzles and Games p. 22
- 5 1.5 Deductive Reasoning p.25
- 6 1.6 Does Deductive Reasoning Have Limitations? p.27
- 7 1.7 A Few Brief Thoughts Before we Move On p. 30
- 8 2.1 A Little History, or What's Algebra All About?
- 9 2.2 Adding and Subtracting
- 10 2.3 Multiplying
- 11 2.4 Dividing
- 12 2.5 Exponents
- 13 2.6 One & Zero
- 14 2.7 The Order of Operations
- 15 2.8 The Distributive Property
- 16 3.1 What's a Negative Number?
- 17 3.2 Adding with Negatives
- 18 3.3 Subtracting with Negatives
- 19 3.4 Multiplying & Dividing with Negatives
- 20 3.5 Absolute Value, or Tying It All Together
- 21 4.1 Breaking Numbers Down, or Prime Factorization
- 22 4.2 Greatest Common Factor
- 23 4.3 Least Common Multiple
- 24 4.4 Simplifying Algebraic Functions
- 25 4.5 Ratios
- 26 4.6 Multiplying & Dividing Algebraic Fractions
- 27 4.7 Adding & Subtracting Algebraic Fractions
- 28 5.1 Expressions and Equations
- 29 5.2 Telling the Truth
- 30 5.3 Equations as Pan Balances
- 31 5.4 Solving Proportioins
- 32 5.5 Percent Problems as Proportions
- 33 5.6 Representing Inequalities
- 34 5.7 Solving Single-Variable Inequalities
- 35 6.1 Multi-Step Equations
- 36 6.2 More Multi-Step Equations
- 37 6.3 Problem-Solving Situations
- 38 6.4 Distance, Rate, & Time Problems
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