Solving Systems of Equations from Word Problems Activity | Mystery Algebra 1

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Lauren Fulton

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Grade Levels

8th - 9th

Subjects

Math, Algebra, Algebra 2

Resource Type

Activities, Games, Centers

Standards

CCSS8.EE.C.8

CCSS8.EE.C.8a

CCSS8.EE.C.8b

CCSS8.EE.C.8c

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30+

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I used this resource after covering solving systems of equations by graphing, substitution, and elimination. My students really loved this activity and were very engaged.

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This solving systems of equations activity will transform your Algebra 1 classroom into a Police Investigator’s Headquarters, where your students will become Police Agents who must write and solve systems of equations from word problems to learn who killed Mr. Boddy! This is a must-have game for every Algebra classroom.

Problem types include solving systems of equations word problems by graphing, substitution, and some can be solved with matrices or elimination.

Students enter the classroom and are given a badge & Top Secret Manual (this manual serves as their problem/suspect clue recording sheet and includes graphs and other aids to help them solve the problems). The teacher uses the PowerPoint mystery story to "Brief" the young detectives on the mystery they will be solving, then students are given a set of suspects to investigate. Each suspect claims to have killed Mr. Boddy, and students must solve systems of equations to check their stories!!

⭐Classroom Transformation Pack Includes⭐

Student Investigator Manual/Problem Recording Sheet
6 Suspect Cards w/ Systems Word Problems (Dark Version & Ink-Saver Version)
PowerPoint Mystery Story Briefing for Introducing the Mystery
Full Keys & Teacher Instructions
Props for Classroom Transformation (Student Detective Badges, Teacher Badge, 2 Posters, Crime Scene Banner, & File Folder Label, and Photo Props for Post-Mystery Celebration)

This activity is aligned to CCSS 8.EE.C.8, 8.EE.C.8a, 8.EE.C.8b, 8.EE.C.8c & TEKS A.2I and A.5C

Total Pages

30+

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Teaching Duration

90 minutes

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to see state-specific standards (only available in the US).

CCSS8.EE.C.8

Analyze and solve pairs of simultaneous linear equations.

CCSS8.EE.C.8a

Understand that solutions to a system of two linear equations in two variables correspond to points of intersection of their graphs, because points of intersection satisfy both equations simultaneously.

CCSS8.EE.C.8b

Solve systems of two linear equations in two variables algebraically, and estimate solutions by graphing the equations. Solve simple cases by inspection. For example, 3𝘹 + 2𝘺 = 5 and 3𝘹 + 2𝘺 = 6 have no solution because 3𝘹 + 2𝘺 cannot simultaneously be 5 and 6.

CCSS8.EE.C.8c

Solve real-world and mathematical problems leading to two linear equations in two variables. For example, given coordinates for two pairs of points, determine whether the line through the first pair of points intersects the line through the second pair.

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