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Inverse Jigsaw Puzzle

If your students are like mine, they tend to struggle on the different approaches to inverse functions (graphing, algebraically, and using tables).  In order to help, I created a jigsaw puzzle that encompasses all of these approaches in one activity.  The students were pretty happy to be working with others and putting together the puzzles.  And, the discussions I heard were amazing, especially considering it was the first week of class and sometimes students come to me not knowing how to have a "math-versation".  I just made that word up BTW.

 The downside of the activity?  The prep work.  All puzzle pieces must be cut out before giving them to the kiddos.  It took forever...  But completely worth the wait!

 If you're interested in this activity, click here for a copy.

 SSB 



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  1. UnknownSeptember 30, 2020 at 3:03 PM

    Hey! We are still in remote and I normally love this activity so I didn't want to abandon it just yet. I just finished created a digital version on desmos using the card sort function (and it is self checking!) I am using it next week with my kids so I haven't officially tried it out yet but wanted to share it with you in case you were interested!! Thanks again for always sharing so many goodies with us!!

    https://teacher.desmos.com/activitybuilder/custom/5f74f38ad95ff92f8243a069

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