Alge br a i c E x p r e s s io n s

Lesson 1
 Lord, teach me to number my days, and
graph them according to Your ways.
Trusting to based me in Your plan, to
compliment our perfect diagram.
Subtract the points You don’t want for me,
and Add the values You have set for me.
Dividing the dividends accordingly, so I can
multiply them systematically.
 Draw the lines I have to follow and
guide me properly with Your arrow.
Because sometimes I tend to be
irrational, yet all the while You want
me to be rational.
Well, I learned that life is like a slope
with its ascends and descends I must
Teaching me in the variables in life, is
just like solving problems all the time.
Life is indeed an infinite situation,
perfected by Your eternal
computation, and I am only a
miniscule projection.
Give thanks and praise to our
Alge br a i c E x p r e s s io n s
Lesson 1
❑ I can differentiate constants and variables
in a given algebraic expression.
n
❑ I can interpret the meaning of a where n is
a positive integer.

LEARNING TARGETS
Paper Folding
Activity 1
1. Copy this table in your activity sheet.
Number of Number of Partitions or Smaller
Folds Congruent Rectangles Formed
0
1
2
3
4
5
6

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2. Get a clean sheet of bond paper.
How many rectangles do you see?
Record it in the table.
3. Fold the paper in half. Then unfold it.
Count and record in the table the
number of partitions (smaller congruent
rectangles) into which the paper was
divided.
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4. Continue to fold the paper as
specified in the table. Fill out the table
with required information.

5. Observe certain patterns to answer

the following questions.

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a. What happens to the number of smaller
congruent rectangles formed as the number
of fold increases?
b. Can you express in exponential form the
number of smaller congruent rectangles
formed? How do the smaller rectangles
increase in number?

Activity 1: Paper Folding

Algebraic
expression
is an expression consisting of one or
more numbers and variables along with
one or more arithmetic operations
EXAMPLES

EXPRESSIONS
3a + 5b +7
x - 10
c + 5d + 4e
8mn
5 – 9k
Variable/
Literal Coefficient
any symbol representing possible
values of a quantity.
EXAMPLES
Variable/ Literal
EXPRESSIONS
Coefficient
3a + 5b +7 a, b
x - 10 x
c + 5d + 4e c, d, e
8mn m, n
5 – 9k k
Numerical Coefficient
a prefix of a term or the number
attached to the variable or product of
variables
EXAMPLES
Variable/ Literal Numerical
EXPRESSIONS
Coefficient Coefficient
3a + 5b +7 a, b 3, 5
x - 10 x 1
c + 5d + 4e c, d, e 1, 5, 4
8mn m, n 8
5 – 9k k -9
Constant term
a fixed value
EXAMPLES
Variable/ Numerical Constant
EXPRESSIONS Literal Coefficient Term
Coefficient
3a + 5b +7 a, b 3, 5 7
x - 10 x 1 -10
c + 5d + 4e c, d, e 1, 5, 4 0
8mn m, n 8 0
5 – 9k k -9 5
Stretch Your Mind:
You complete me!
 Directions:
In an activity sheet, list the variables and
constant term in each expression.
 Algebraic Variable/Literal Numerical
Constant Term
Expression Coefficient Coefficient
4x2
3y + 7
m2 + 3m - 5
2s2 – 3t + 1
6n + 1
m2 + 25 – 2m
11 + p
r2 – 8s
5w5 + w2 – 12
88d