This lesson includes a teacher slideshow, student notes, and a practice activity for writing and simplifying expressions from real-world situations. After going through examples in a notes format, a practice worksheet is included for students to work through more examples. As they solve problems, they will eliminate possibilities to solve clues.
This packet reviews to the different parts of an expression. It covers the definitions of constants, variables, coefficients, factors, and terms.This includes an information page, two worksheets, and a fun study guide.
I've got notes on how to implement the task with ideas, discussion topics,... It's a great culture building task. I plan on using it the first day of class.