Online Activites
The website Flashy Maths has a really nice interactive game for solving linear equations. You can enter the level of difficulty you require. Really nice interface – great for lesson starter or plenary. You can also save this game as a flash application to run offline.
The guys at CIMT have a wonderful supply of maths resources in general and here is a nice online test for solving equations with brackets.
Class Games:
Worksheets:
Solving equations level 1 – 40 very basic equations of the form ax = b or x/a = b. Solutions are all whole numbers.
Solving equations level 2 – 40 basic equations of the form a + x = b and a + bx = c
Solving equations with brackets – 24 questions of the form a(bx + c) = d and a(bx + d) = ex + f
Solving equations with fractions. 15 questions.
Solving equations with brackets.
Solving nasty fraction equations 8 questions on A* equations involving nasty fractions!
