TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kasimatis,Elaine A.
AU  - Erickson,Cindy L.
ED  - CPM Educational Program.
TI  - Making sense of elementary algebra: data, equations, and graphs 
SN  - 0201859009
AV  - QA152.2 .K38 2000
U1  - 512 
PY  - 2000///]
CY  - Reading, Massachusetts
PB  - Addison-Wesley
KW  - Algebra
KW  - Study and teaching (Secondary)
N1  - "The mathematics course that follows is an adaptation of College Preparatory Mathematics: Change from Within, Math 1 (Algebra 1)"--Preface; Includes index; 1; Openings (OP): --; Data Organization --; Building Corrals: --; Working Collaboratively --; The Five-Digit Problem: --; Order of Operations --; Tiling with Squares: --; Area and Perimeter --; Using Guess-and-Check Tables to Solve Problems --; Predicting Shoe Size: --; Making a Graph from Data --; The National Debt and Teraflops: --; Large Numbers and Scientific Notation --; Driving to Redwood City: --; Data from a Graph --; 2; Professor Speedi's Commute(SP): --; Patterns and Graphs --; The Algebra Walk: --; Coordinate Graphing --; Polygon Perimeter Pattern --; Getting to Work on Time: --; Situations and Graphs --; Hawaiian Punch Mix --; Slicing a Pizza --; The Egg Toss: --; A Quadratic Graph --; Folding Bills: --; More Nonlinear Graphs --; The Burning Candle Investigation (Optional) --; 3; Lions, Tigers, and Emus (LT): --; Writing and Solving Equations --; Writing Equations from Guess-and-Check Tables --; Composite Rectangles and Algebraic Expressions for Area --; Solving Linear Equations at the Candy Factory --; Doing and Undoing --; Solving Head Problems Puzzles --; Solving Literal Equations --; Modeling Situations with Linear Equations --; 4; Estimating Fish Populations (EF): --; Numeric, Geometric, and Algebraic Ratios --; Enlarging and Reducing Geometric Figures --; More Enlarging, Reducing, and Ratios --; Area and Subproblems: --; Geometric Factoring --; Similar Triangles: --; More Geometric Ratios --; More Similarity: --; Right Triangles and Missing Sides --; Fruit Punch: --; Using Equivalent Ratios to Graph --; Estimating Fish Populations: --; A Simulation --; 5; Managing Water Resources (WR): --; Graphs, Slope Ratios, and Linear Equations --; Ratios and the Slope of a Line --; Graphing Linear Equations using Two Points and a Slide --; Slopes of Parallel Lines and the Slope-Intercept Pattern in y = mx + b --; Using Graphs to Investigate Linear Relationships --; Practice with y = mx + b --; Using Graphs to Write Equations of Lines --; 6; Fitness Finances (FF): --; Solving Systems of Equations --; Olympic Records: --; Writing an Equation of a Line Given Two Points --; Using Graphs or Algebra to Solve Systems of Linear Equations --; Solving Systems of Linear Equations by the Substitution Method --; Using Graphs to Solve Systems of Nonlinear Equations --; Solving Quadratic Equations: --; Graphing and the Zero Product Property --; Solving Systems of Equations by the Addition Method --; Investigation: --; Using Algebra to Model and Analyze Linear Data (Optional) --; 7; The Buckled Railroad Track (RT): --; From Words to Diagrams to Equations --; Right Triangles and the Pythagorean Relationship --; Picturing Square Root Lengths --; Models, Diagrams, and Right Triangles --; Distances, Times, and Rates: --; More Diagrams and Equations --; Calculating with Square Roots --; 8; The Grazing Goat (GG): --; Dealing with Complicated Situations --; Solving Quadratic Equations Revisited: --; The Quadratic Formula --; Complicated Fractions: --; Using Subproblems to Calculate Average Speed --; The Election Poster: --; Using the Quadratic Formula --; Using Subproblems in Complicated Situations --; Quiz Scores: --; Data Points and Lines of Best Fit --; The Cookie Cutter and the Lunch Bunch: --; Two Investigations (Optional) --; Appendix A; Debits and Credits: --; An Introduction to Algebra Tiles --; Appendix B; Using Subproblems to Derive the Quadratic Formula --; Appendix C; Exploring Quadratic Equations and Their Graphs
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