Algebraic Thinking Purplemath.com is a useful website devoted to algebra from the student perspective, although some of their material can be helpful for teachers too. Work through their advice on...

Algebraic Thinking

Purplemath.com is a useful website devoted to algebra from the student perspective, although some of their material can be helpful for teachers too. Work through their advice on Translating Word Problems, then take a look at some of the examples linked at the bottom of page 2.in your own wordswrite up a brief description of the problem and how to solve it using algebra. Use one of the actual problems on the website
here the problem:

• A wallet contains the same number of pennies, nickels, and dimes. The coins total$1.44. How many of each type of coin does the wallet contain?