This is the second worksheet in our Introduction to Algebra series.
This pack is filled with worksheets designed to introduce students to the idea of factoring/factorising single parentheses/brackets and simple substitution. It contains both British English and American English terminology, and each worksheet is differentiated 3 ways.
Also included are the same worksheets, but put into differentiated workbooks, so you can hand these to your students to use as homework, or an ongoing project.
The worksheets consist of the following:
Worksheet 1 Factoring Single Parentheses/Factorising Single Brackets - introduces students to factoring single parentheses. It guides students through the process.
Worksheet 2 Factoring Shapes/Factorising Shapes - reinforces factoring/factorising idea using shapes.
Worksheet 3 Expand and Factor/Factorise - reminds students of expanding parentheses/brackets before relating it to factoring.
Worksheet 4 Wordlink Factor/Factorise - is a puzzle where you connect an expression to its factored form, drawing lines through letters that reveal a famous mathematician.
Worksheet 5 Riddle Me This Factoring/Factorising - asks students to factor to find the solution to the most famous formula in mathematics.
Worksheet 6 Introducing Substitution - is a guided worksheet on substitution.
Worksheet 7 Substitution Grid - consists of substitution in a grid.
Worksheet 8 Substitution Tables - introduces the idea of substitution using x and y tables, which will be a useful skill later in algebra.
Worksheet 9 Substitution Mazes - students find the correct path by answering substitution questions. It is a multiple choice sheet.
Worksheet 10 Substitution Challenge - is a summary of substitution, including using the temperature conversion formula, and some challenging puzzles.
This is available in a bundle along side Factoring and substitution, One and Two step equations, Forming and solving Linear Equations and Sequences and nth Term. If you get the bundle, you'll also receive a free revision test and check list. (If you have purchased these individually, or bought 3 workbooks from the bundle, get in touch at littlestreams@gmail.com and we will send you the revision booklet in an email).
