In Moving Straight Ahead, students will study some basic ideas of algebra and some ways to use those ideas to solve problems involving linear relationships and linear functions. In particular, they will learn how to:
- Recognize problem situations in which two variables have a linear relationship to each other;
- Describe the patterns of change between the independent and dependent variables for linear relationships that are represented in tables, graphs or equations;
- Construct tables, graphs, and symbolic equations that express linear relationships;
- Translate information about linear relations given in a table, a graph, or an equation to one of the other forms;
- Understand the connections between linear equations and patterns in the tables and graphs of those relations-rate of change, slope, and y-intercept;
- Solve linear equations, using tables, graphs and symbolic expressions;
- Connect solutions of equations to graphs and tables and vice versa;
- Describe the information the variables and numbers in an equation represent; and
- Solve problems and make decisions about linear relationships using information given in tables, graphs, and symbolic expressions.
