Public Schools of North Carolina
Math Stars: A Problem-Solving Newsletter Grade 4
Fresh off the press, these math newsletters will challenge the problem solving skills of your young mathematicians. With an incredibly wide variety of questions covering the topics of arithmetic and geometry, these unique...
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Permutations and Combinations
In this permutations and combinations worksheet, students solve 10 different problems that include determining the permutation and combination of each problem. First, they determine the number of 4 digit combinations that can be made if...
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Problem-Solving Strategy: Make an Organized List
In this problem-solving worksheet, students make an organized list to solve 5 mathematical word problems. Students show their work on the worksheet.
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Math Regents Exam Questions: Combinations
In this combinations worksheet, students solve 20 short answer and multiple choice questions. Students determine the number of possible combinations given a word problem.
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Senior Analysis
A good review instructional activity on simplifying rational expressions, solving equations with factorials, solving problems on permutations and combinations, and using the Binomial Theorem.
Illustrative Mathematics
Pick Two
Learning to break apart numbers into smaller pairs is a critical step young mathematicians take as they develop their number sense. To practice this skill, children are provided with sets of three numbers and are asked to pick the two...
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Combinations
In this math combinations worksheet, students calculate how many combinations they can come up with in three word problems. Students write two of the answers in complete sentences.
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Costume Choices
For this probability worksheet, 6th graders create as many different costume combinations as they can based on the information they are given.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Binomial Expansion—Shortcut Please
There has got to be a better way; you just have to find it! Given a general binomial to expand with increasing powers, pupils realize that there must be a better way than multiple multiplications. Classmates look for patterns and use...
Balanced Assessment
Red Dots, Blue Dots
Count the connections between dots. Young mathematicians come up with a method to determine the number of connections between pairs of dots. The assessment leads the class to determine the connections they can make when groups are...
Balanced Assessment
Lotto
You can't win if you don't play! Find out how to increase your chances of winning the lottery. Scholars analyze a state lottery system for the probability of winning. They also consider different combinations of numbers and how they...
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Combinations and Sequences
In this combinations review worksheet, learners answer 5 multi-step short answer questions involving combinations. Students then answer 15 questions regarding combinations, sequences, and terms. Learners also answers 15 probability...
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Problem-Solving Strategy: Make an Organized List
In this problem-solving worksheet, students utilize the strategy of making an organized list to solve a mathematical word problem in 5 steps.
National Security Agency
It's Probably Probable
Learners make predictions and draw conclusions from given information as they learn the meaning of probability in this vocabulary-rich, integrated activity that presents a variety of teaching strategies to motivate and reach all learning...
Balanced Assessment
Classroom Groups
How many different ways can a teacher organize a class into groups? In a grouping activity, learners explore the number of possible combinations of groups given different total participants and size criteria. They then make comparisons...
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Take a Chance on Probability
Connect ratios, probability, and combination outcomes with a challenging activity idea. It guides your learners through probability of an event as fractions or ratios, on a number line, and with correct vocabulary. The class will be...
Florida Center for Reading Research
Phonics: Encoding and Decoding, Vowel Stars
Learners are given a star; each star contains a c_c form in the center and vowels on each point. They use the vowels to fill in the blank between the consonants making a simple CVC word. They write each word they make on a piece of paper.
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Permutations and Combinations
In this Probability worksheet, students solve problems involving permutations and combinations. The one page worksheet contains 10 questions. Answers are not included.
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Making Cents
Students play a game in which they create monetary amounts using different coin combinations.
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Problem Solving: Make an Organized List
In this problem solving activity, students solve word problems by making an organized list. Houghton Mifflin text is referenced.
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Investigation - Staci's New Car
Sixth graders solve math combination problems. In this combination problem solving lesson, 6th graders participate in a teacher led session in which they use tree diagrams and organized lists to determine all of the possible combinations...
Concord Consortium
Perfect Ten
How many ways can you make 10? Class members tackle three problems to find all possible ways three numbers add to be 10. The first is with positive integers, secondly with non-negative integers, and finally with real numbers. Pupils also...
Achieve
Ivy Smith Grows Up
Babies grow at an incredible rate! Demonstrate how to model growth using a linear function. Learners build the function from two data points, and then use the function to make predictions.
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Integrating Mathematics: Amino Acid Combinations
In this amino acid worksheet, students read about amino acid combinations that make proteins and they calculate the number of combinations that can be made to make proteins.