Math 1 · Student Reviewer Program
Help Us Test These Lessons
These algebra lessons are being written for students about your age. Before they are published for everyone, we need real students to try each one and tell us what worked, what was confusing, and whether the ideas came through. That is your job as a reviewer.
How a review works
- 1Do the lesson from top to bottom, including the practice problems. Use the Hint and Show next step buttons whenever you want. Nobody is grading you.
- 2Open the review form for that lesson and fill in the three parts: how it read, whether it taught what it promised, and your verdict. Honest beats polite. "This part was boring" is useful. "It was fine" is not.
- 3Download your review as a PDF and send it to the person who asked you to review. Nothing you type is saved on the website or sent anywhere by itself.
If you would rather write by hand, each form has a button for a blank copy you can print.
The lessons
Do them in order. Each one builds on the one before it.
- 1The Do-Nothing Numbers and Their Undo PartnersLesson 1 · Identity and inverseDo the lessonReview form
- 2Commute, Associate, DistributeLesson 2 · The propertiesDo the lessonReview form
- 3Step One: Translate Subtraction and DivisionLesson 3 · Step OneDo the lessonReview form
- 4Solving EquationsLesson 4 · Solving equationsDo the lessonReview form
- 5Longer Equations: Combine, Then SolveLesson 5 · Longer equationsDo the lessonReview form
- 6Solving Inequalities: Gator Eats GreaterLesson 6 · InequalitiesDo the lessonReview form
- 7Absolute Value Inequalities: Distance From ZeroLesson 7 · Absolute valueDo the lessonReview form
- 8What a Function Is: One In, One OutUnit 2, Lesson 1 · FunctionsDo the lessonReview form
- 9Connect the Dots: From Points to a LineUnit 2, Lesson 2 · From points to a lineDo the lessonReview form
- 10Domain and Range: The Inputs and the OutputsUnit 2, Lesson 3 · The inputs and the outputsDo the lessonReview form
- 11Reading a Graph: The BehaviorsUnit 2, Lesson 4 · The behaviorsDo the lessonReview form
- 12Graphing Stories: Match the Picture to the StoryUnit 2, Lesson 5 · Match the picture to the storyDo the lessonReview form
- 13Average Rate of Change: How Fast It Is ChangingUnit 2, Lesson 6 · How fast it is changingDo the lessonReview form
- 14Slope: The Rate of Change Gets Its NameUnit 3, Lesson 1 · The rate of change gets its nameDo the lessonReview form
- 15Slope-Intercept Form: y = mx + bUnit 3, Lesson 2 · y = mx + bDo the lessonReview form
- 16The Family of Lines: One Form, Many MembersUnit 3, Lesson 3 · A family of graphsDo the lessonReview form
- 17Writing the Equation of a LineUnit 3, Lesson 4 · From anything to y = mx + bDo the lessonReview form
- 18Linear Functions in the Real WorldUnit 3, Lesson 5 · Rates, starts, and comparisonsDo the lessonReview form
- 19Other Forms of a LineUnit 3, Lesson 6 · Standard form and point-slope formDo the lessonReview form
- 20Parallel Lines Share a SlopeUnit 4, Lesson 1 · Same slopeDo the lessonReview form
- 21Perpendicular Lines and the Negative ReciprocalUnit 4, Lesson 2 · The negative reciprocalDo the lessonReview form
- 22Same, Parallel, or Perpendicular?Unit 4, Lesson 3 · Sorting lines by slopeDo the lessonReview form
- 23Using Slopes to Check ShapesUnit 4, Lesson 4 · Proving with slopeDo the lessonReview form
- 24From a Line to a RegionUnit 5, Lesson 1 · Half-planes and boundary linesDo the lessonReview form
- 25Which Side to ShadeUnit 5, Lesson 2 · The procedure and the whyDo the lessonReview form
- 26Match It and Write ItUnit 5, Lesson 3 · Reading regions, eliminating graphsDo the lessonReview form
- 27Inequalities in the Real WorldUnit 5, Lesson 4 · Constraints and feasible regionsDo the lessonReview form
- 28What a System Is, and Solving by GraphingUnit 6, Lesson 1 · Solving by graphingDo the lessonReview form
- 29Solving by SubstitutionUnit 6, Lesson 2 · Two variables become oneDo the lessonReview form
- 30Solving by EliminationUnit 6, Lesson 3 · Make a zero appearDo the lessonReview form
- 31How Many Solutions?Unit 6, Lesson 4 · One, none, or infinitely manyDo the lessonReview form
- 32Systems of InequalitiesUnit 6, Lesson 5 · The overlapDo the lessonReview form
- 33Systems in the Real WorldUnit 6, Lesson 6 · Two facts, or two limitsDo the lessonReview form
- 34A New Family That MultipliesUnit 7, Lesson 1 · Lines add, exponentials multiplyDo the lessonReview form
- 35The Form y = a · bxUnit 7, Lesson 2 · The three questionsDo the lessonReview form
- 36Growth and DecayUnit 7, Lesson 3 · What b decidesDo the lessonReview form
- 37Reading the GraphUnit 7, Lesson 4 · Key features and the asymptoteDo the lessonReview form
- 38Linear or Exponential?Unit 7, Lesson 5 · Subtract, then divideDo the lessonReview form
- 39Building and Using Exponential ModelsUnit 7, Lesson 6 · Forward and backwardDo the lessonReview form
- 40Simple Interest, the Line in MoneyUnit 8, Lesson 1 · Simple interest addsDo the lessonReview form
- 41Compound Interest, Interest on InterestUnit 8, Lesson 2 · Compound interest multipliesDo the lessonReview form
- 42Compounding More OftenUnit 8, Lesson 3 · Rate per period, number of periodsDo the lessonReview form
- 43Which Account Wins?Unit 8, Lesson 4 · Adding races multiplyingDo the lessonReview form
- 44When Money Shrinks, and Using the ModelsUnit 8, Lesson 5 · Decay factors and what-ifsDo the lessonReview form
- 45A Sequence Is a FunctionUnit 9, Lesson 1 · A function made of dotsDo the lessonReview form
- 46Arithmetic Sequences, Lines Made of DotsUnit 9, Lesson 2 · Adding gives arithmeticDo the lessonReview form
- 47Geometric Sequences, Exponentials Made of DotsUnit 9, Lesson 3 · Multiplying gives geometricDo the lessonReview form
- 48Recursive and Explicit, Both WaysUnit 9, Lesson 4 · Stairs and elevatorDo the lessonReview form
- 49Building Sequences from the Real WorldUnit 9, Lesson 5 · Story to rule to answerDo the lessonReview form
- 50Scatter Plots and CorrelationUnit 10, Lesson 1 · Direction, form, strength, and rDo the lessonReview form
- 51The Line of Best FitUnit 10, Lesson 2 · A family member that fits bestDo the lessonReview form
- 52Residuals, Checking the FitUnit 10, Lesson 3 · Every model is a little bit wrongDo the lessonReview form
- 53Exponential RegressionUnit 10, Lesson 4 · When the data multipliesDo the lessonReview form
- 54Association Is Not CausationUnit 10, Lesson 5 · A pattern is not a reasonDo the lessonReview form
- 55Distance, the Pythagorean Theorem on the GridUnit 11, Lesson 1 · How long is it?Do the lessonReview form
- 56Midpoint, Meeting in the MiddleUnit 11, Lesson 2 · Where is the middle?Do the lessonReview form
- 57Perimeter and Area from CoordinatesUnit 11, Lesson 3 · Distance for every sideDo the lessonReview form
- 58Proving Shapes with CoordinatesUnit 11, Lesson 4 · All three tools togetherDo the lessonReview form
- 59Pictures of Data and Their ShapesUnit 12, Lesson 1 · Shape firstDo the lessonReview form
- 60Center, the Mean and the MedianUnit 12, Lesson 2 · Where is the center?Do the lessonReview form
- 61Spread, the IQR and the Standard DeviationUnit 12, Lesson 3 · How spread out is it?Do the lessonReview form
- 62Outliers and What They DoUnit 12, Lesson 4 · The 1.5 IQR ruleDo the lessonReview form
- 63Comparing Data SetsUnit 12, Lesson 5 · The shape picks the statisticsDo the lessonReview form
What makes a great review
The best reviewers point to a specific spot: "the socks and shoes picture made the order click," or "I did not get why the 1 appears in problem 5." In Part 2 of each form you solve a few problems without looking back at the lesson. If you get stuck, that is not a mark against you. It tells us exactly where the lesson has a gap, so write down where you got stuck.