I created this PowerPoint lesson for my Algebra 1 classes. It corresponds to Section 2.5 in the Prentice Hall textbook -- California Algebra 1. This lesson shows students how to solve a variety of word problems: Perimeter Problems, Consecutive Integers (with consecutive evens and consecutive odds included), and Distance Problems (using rate x time = distance). Because class time does not allow for students to copy the problems down, and work them out, (and just having the algebra doesn't help