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We offer 24 free standards-based Algebra I computer lab assignments below. These exercises use dynamic graphing and guided discovery to strengthen and connect both symbolic and visual reasoning. They give the student a hands-on visual introduction to important Algebra I topics, motivating and clarifying later explanations and symbolic problem-solving techniques.

Short answers are checked automatically. Essay question answers are e-mailed to the teacher at the end of each lab assignment. (They are sent automatically to standard teacher e-mail addresses, and use the student's computer's e-mail program for other addresses.)

You can also download our Mathscribe Lite graphing calculator and mathematical modeling program, or our jqMath JavaScript module for web page authors.

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Coordinates in the Plane

  1. Points and Coordinates

Linear Equations

  1. Investigating $y=x+b$
  2. Investigating $y=mx$
  3. Investigating $y=mx+b$
  4. Finding Formulas for Approximately Linear Data
  5. Finding Equations for Lines
  6. Parallel and Perpendicular Lines
  7. Equations for Lines in Standard Form

Inequalities and Absolute Value

  1. Linear Inequalities
  2. Equivalent Inequalities
  3. Absolute Value

Systems of Linear Equations or Inequalities

  1. Solving Systems of Linear Equations by Graphing
  2. Solving Systems of Linear Equations by Subtraction
  3. Solving Systems of Linear Equations by Multiplication & Addition
  4. Applications of Systems of Linear Equations
  5. Mixture Problems
  6. Systems of Linear Inequalities
  7. Linear Programming

Quadratic Equations

  1. Investigating $y=(x-h)^2+k$
  2. Investigating $y=a(x-h)^2+k$
  3. Investigating $y=ax^2+bx$
  4. Investigating $y=ax^2+bx+c$
  5. Applications of Quadratic Equations

Relations and Functions

  1. Relations and Functions

Correlation to Algebra I Standards

Additional assignments for Algebra II are in preparation.

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