This lesson features simultaneous equations questions that involve students solving picture-based puzzles without using formal algebra. Simultaneous equations feature more than one unknown, and more than one equation.
The idea is that the following lesson, they can look at equations given algebraically and see how it is effectively the same thing.
Simultaneous equations questions learning objectives
- Look at logical problem-solving involving pictures
- Modify a relationship to allow comparisons to be made
- Apply this to algebraic expressions
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