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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Hassan's Pictures - Linear Programming and Profit Lines

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students graph systems of linear inequalities. In this linear programming and profit lesson, students explore linear programming problems. They graph a feasible region in a linear programming problem and identify the profit lines. ...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Graphing systems of inequalities

For Students 9th - 12th
In this graphing worksheet, high schoolers graph ten systems of inequalities.  Students are then asked to find the area of the regions.  A challenge problem is included. where high schoolers are asked to find the volume of the resulting...
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: Branch and Bound

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson is best used as an extension to linear programming in which the solutions to the proposed problem must be integers. The Branch and Bound method operates on the optimized point,...
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Activity
Other

High Step Sport Shoes: A Linear Programming Problem [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
A simple example of a linear programming problem for students that helps them understand the basic ideas behind linear programming and how they can be applied to solving real world problems.
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Activity
Hofstra University

Hofstra University: Linear Programming

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is a summary of a chapter on linear programming. The site includes examples on each section of the chapter.