Algebra I Worksheets – Investigating Linear Equations
Athena Matherly athenarl@yahoo.com or amatherly@flvs.net
Grade Level: 6-8th grade
Time Frame:
 Slope – Part 1 – 30-60 minutes
 Slope – Part 1 Practice – 15-30 minutes
 Slope – Part 2 – 45-75 minutes
 Slope – Part 2 Practice – 30-45 minutes
 Slope Intercept Form – 15-30 minutes
 Point-Slope Form – 30-45 minutes
 Standard Form – 15-30 minutes
 Horizontal Lines – 15-30 minutes
 Vertical Lines – 15-30 minutes
 Parallel Lines – 30-45 minutes
 Perpendicular Lines – 30-60 minutes
Learning Outcomes
After completing all 11 worksheets the students should be able to do the following:
 Find the slope of a line given the line
 Find the slope of a line given two points
 Graph a line in Slope-Intercept Form
 Identify the slope and y-intercept of an equation in Slope-Intercept Form
 Identify the slope and a given point of an equation in Point-Slope Form
 Graph a line in Point-Slope Form
 Identify the intercepts of an equation in Standard Form
 Graph a line in Standard Form
 Write the equation and graph horizontal and vertical lines
 Determine whether two linear equations are parallel
 Determine whether two linear equations are perpendicular
Prerequisite Knowledge
The student should be able to add, subtract, multiply, and divide positive and negative
numbers, and understand the fundamentals behind solving equations.
Student Materials
The student will need a computer, the worksheets (file names below), paper, pencil, and a
calculator.
Slope – Part 1 – slope1.html and slope1_worksheet.ggb
Slope – Part 1 Practice – slope_prac.html and slope_prac_worksheet.ggb
Slope – Part 2 – slope.html and slope_worksheet.ggb
Slope – Part 2 Practice – slope_2_prac.html and slope_2_prac_worksheet.ggb
Slope-Intercept Form – slope_intercept_form.html and
slope_intercept_form_worksheet.ggb
Point-Slope Form – point_slope_form_WS.html and
point_slope_form_WS_worksheet.ggb
Standard Form – standard_form_WS.html and standard_form_WS_worksheet.ggb
Horizontal Lines – horizontal_lines_WS.html and horizontal_lines_WS_worksheet.ggb
Vertical Lines – vertical_lines_WS.html and vertical_lines_WS_worksheet.ggb
Parallel Lines – parallel_lines_2.html and parallel_lines_2_worksheet.ggb
Perpendicular Lines – perpendicular_lines_WS.html and
perpendicular_lines_WS_worksheet.ggb
Teacher Materials
The teacher will need the same file names as the students.
Technology
The teacher and students will need to have Java installed on the computers.
Procedure
These worksheets are designed so that the student can use them independently. However,
I would use the worksheets as an additional resource when I teach the lesson. I wouldn’t
use them as a replacement to teaching the lesson. You could either show the worksheet
on a projector and go through the questions with the students together, or if each student
has access to a computer they could do it on their own with your assistance readily
available if needed. If you don’t have enough computers for each student to have his/her
own these worksheets could also be used with the students in pairs. I would suggest
providing the students with a hand out of practice problems for when they finish the
questions on each worksheet. They could work on the problems and check their answers
using the worksheet (if time permits). Practice worksheets are provided for the two slope
worksheets and are in the works for the others.
Sunshine State Standards
The following Sunshine State Standards are addressed when working with this group of
worksheets:
MA.1.3.1, MA.A.1.3.2, MA.A.1.3.4, MA.A.3.3.1, MA.A.3.3.2, MA.D.1.3.1,
MA.D.1.3.2, MA.D.2.3.1, MA.D.2.3.2