Unit 8 · Culminating Projects
Equations & Inequalities in Action
Two project versions that pull together everything from Unit 8 — writing and solving one-step equations, using inverse operations, and representing inequalities on a number line. Pick one, or run them as differentiated options. Each is self-guided, interactive, and printable.
Choose Your Version
Two Ways to Show Mastery
🔐 Escape Room Architect
Design a math escape room: translate story clues into equations, solve one-step addition/subtraction and multiplication/division equations using inverse operations, and build a verified answer key for four combination locks.
Version B · Real-World Investigation🎯 Fundraiser Goal Tracker
Track a class fundraiser: write and solve an addition equation to find how much more is needed, solve a multiplication equation for the sales plan, write an inequality to model the goal condition, and decide whether the plan will succeed.
For the Teacher
How to Use These Projects
Standards: 6.EE.5 (substitution to check solutions), 6.EE.6 (using variables to write expressions and equations), 6.EE.7 (solving one-step equations x + p = q and px = q with nonnegative rational solutions), 6.EE.8 (writing and graphing inequalities to represent real-world constraints).
Both versions are parallel. They assess the same skills through different contexts, so you can assign Version A and Version B to different students and grade on the same rubric (built into each project). Great for choice boards, make-up work, or A/B class sections.
Built in: live calculators with instant feedback and substitution verification, a sticky progress bar, scaffolded hints, a written deliverable, a student checklist, a 4-point rubric, a print button so students can turn in a finished plan, and an SVG number-line diagram in Version B.
Answer key: Open the teacher answer key for both versions.