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Algebra: A Piece of Cake! Part Two

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White teenage girl sitting cross legged on a blanket pointing to a formula written on a small whiteboard. Caption. So this is the formula for how many slices altogether.

Uses cooking as a platform to teach basic algebraic concepts, from how to write simple and more complex statements to simplifying the expression by combining like terms.

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Runtime: 13 minutes 14 seconds

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Episode 1
31 minutes 3 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 8
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Episode 3
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Episode 4
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Episode 5
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