Lesson deck
AlgebraCommon
Equation or identity?
A substitution table: work out both sides for x = 1, 2 and 3. Equal every time is an identity, equal once is an equation. Then expanding and collecting to show two expressions are identical.
A free GCSE Foundation and Higher algebra lesson on equation or identity, spec code A6. It has a lesson deck to teach from with a visualiser, a worksheet with answers, a puzzle, an exit ticket, end of unit tests and a method video.
Common
Equation or identity?
Exit ticket
Equation or identity?
Puzzle
Four Fours:Expression, equation, formula or identity
Test
Quadratics and formulae test:Foundation A
Test
Expanding, factorising and quadratics test:Higher
Method video
Expression, equation, formula, identity
More in Expressions and formulae
- Expression, equation, formula or inequality?Lesson · Support
- Expression, equation, formula or inequality?Lesson · Foundation
- Algebraic notation: multiplyingLesson · Support
- Algebraic notation: multiplyingLesson · Foundation
- Collecting like termsLesson · Support
- Collecting like terms: grouping lettersLesson · Support
- Collecting like termsLesson · Foundation
- Expanding single bracketsLesson · Support
- Expanding single bracketsLesson · Foundation
- Expanding double bracketsLesson · Common
- Four Fours: index lawsPuzzle
- Key words: algebraWorksheet · Foundation
- Four Fours: algebraic notationPuzzle
- Ramp up: algebraic notation and vocabularyWorksheet · Foundation