URL: https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/equality-explorer

Simulation Guide: equality-explorer-html-guide_en_compressed

Topics

• Solving Equations
• Inequalities
• Inverse Operations

Description

Explore what it means for a mathematical statement to be balanced or unbalanced by interacting with objects on a balance. Discover the rules for keeping it balanced. Collect stars by playing the game!

Sample Learning Goals

• Solve and manipulate algebraic equations by applying properties of real numbers (in particular, the inverse properties of addition and multiplication) and properties of equality
• Solve and manipulate algebraic equations by substituting different values for a variable
• Use a balance model to solve an equation for an unknown, and justify your strategies for solving
• Solve an equation using only universal operations

This resource is aligned with Year 11/Form 5 Maths Curriculum:

Unit 5 Linear Inequalities

• Represent inequalities in one variable on a number line
• Solve linear inequalities
  • one variable
  • multiply and divide an inequality by a negative number
• Convert between verbally and algebraically stated inequalities
• Represent simple linear inequalities on a number plane
  • one variable
  • two variables
• Represent simultaneous inequalities on a number plane as the intersection of their half planes

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University of Colorado Boulder
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