The Bead Factory

Use this activity to have seventh-grade students "use properties of operations to generate equivalent expressions." While they may be able to solve these equations, they don't often make the connection between abstract algebra formulas and the world outside the classroom.

The 13-page Bead Factory template provides real-world context for using algebraic equations as students are given parameters and asked to price jewelry based on the algebraic expression they write.

The Bead Factory Activity