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Curated OER

Justifying Answers

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students demonstrate how to solve word problems. For this problem solving lesson, students use strategies such as drawing pictures, using counters, and making a table to justify how they solved the word problem.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Part Part Whole

For Teachers 1st
First graders solve number sentences. In this problem solving lesson plan, 1st graders construct addition sentences using a part part whole mat. Students demonstrate problem solving strategies using cubes.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Problem Solving: Percent Problems

For Students 4th - 6th
In this percent instructional activity, learners solve a set of 6 word problems; all problems relate to percent. Students are given "hints" to help solve problems 1 and 2.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Rice and More Rice

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore problem solving strategies for mathematical estimation. For this math problem solving lesson, 5th graders predict how many grains of rice are in a jar, practice establishing and looking for patterns in...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Addition: Number Sentences

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this addition practice worksheet, students use their problem solving skills to write addition sentences to solve each of the 5 word problems.
Worksheet
Curated OER

The Coin Problem

For Students 9th - 11th
For this math problem solving worksheet, students describe how they will decide which coin among a stack is heavier than the others by weighing them. The challenge is to do so in the fewest number of steps. The answer is thoroughly...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Money Word Problems

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this money word problems activity, students solve 6 word problems that require them to add and subtract monetary values.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Process This

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Learners chart the steps, including the problem-solving tangent, and discuss the idea of procedures serving to give us a "road map" or guide to help tackle tasks with preparation and forethought.
Worksheet
Curated OER

The I-81 Problem

For Students 8th - 10th
In this problem solving worksheet, students determine the average rate of speed of a car traveling 60 miles per hour one direction and 30 miles per hour on the return trip. A detailed answer is included with the problem.
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Ohio Department of Education

I Can Do This! Systems of Equations

For Teachers 8th - 10th Standards
Use tables, graphs, and substitution to solve systems of linear equations. An envelope of sample problems is passed around the classroom, and each learner has the opportunity to solve the system in the envelope. This is a great way to...
Workbook
1
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Utah Education Network (UEN)

Real World Equations and Inequalities

For Students 7th Standards
Use of the resource = Opportunities for increased learning. Learners must use equations and inequalities to solve real-world and geometric problems.
Lesson Plan
Virginia Department of Education

Rational Equations

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Provide guidance and practice of the useful skill: solving rational equations using both an algebraic and graphical approach. Pupils solve increasingly more difficult rational equations using algebraic methods. After, they...
Assessment
1
1
Inside Mathematics

Quadratic (2006)

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Most problems can be solved using more than one method. A worksheet includes just nine questions but many more ways to solve each. Scholars must graph, solve, and justify quadratic problems.
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1
1
University of Utah

Simultaneous Linear Equations

For Students 8th Standards
Solve simultaneous linear equations, otherwise known as systems of linear equations. Pupils practice solving systems of linear equations by graphing, substitution, and elimination. The workbook provides a class activity and homework...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Number and Operation: All About Monday - Does it Pay?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Solve real-world financial math problems. High schoolers will work through a series of problems as they look at credit card interest, bill payment, and other real-world personal money matters.
Assessment
1
1
Inside Mathematics

Two Solutions

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Many problems in life have more than one possible solution, and the same is true for advanced mathematics. Scholars solve seven problems that all have at least two solutions. Then three higher-level thinking questions challenge them to...
Activity
5280 Math

Go with the Flow

For Teachers 8th - 12th Standards
Round and round they go ... where they stop, only scholars will know. By writing systems of equations, classes determine the number of cars a roundabout can handle given specific constraints. Systems use up to six variables and become...
Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Putting the Law of Cosines and the Law of Sines to Use

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
Use the Law of Cosines and the Law of Sines to solve problems using the sums of vectors. Pupils work on several different types of real-world problems that can be modeled using triangles with three known measurements. In the process,...
Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Introduction to Simultaneous Equations

For Teachers 8th Standards
Create an understanding of solving problems that require more than one equation. The lesson plan introduces the concept of systems of linear equations by using a familiar situation of constant rate problems. Pupils compare the graphs of...
Worksheet
2
2
Flipped Math

Unit 9 Review: Factoring

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Make it complete. Pupils work through 16 problems to review factoring. The problems consist of straight factoring of polynomial expressions, solving equations by factoring, and applying factoring to real-world problems.
Lesson Plan
Steven's Institute of Technology

How Does Your Garden Grow?

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
What to do, bunnies are getting into the garden and eating all the carrots! After reading the story Muncha! Muncha! Muncha! the class works together to design a device that will keep those bunnies out of the garden. They get together in...
Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Linear Equations in Disguise

For Teachers 8th Standards
In the eighth segment of a 33-part unit, learners look at equations that do not appear to be linear at first glance. The equations are proportions where the numerators and denominators may have more than one term. To round out the lesson...
Assessment
Fluence Learning

Construct Viable Arguments About Adding Fractions

For Students 5th Standards
Test mathematicians' knowledge of adding fractions with a brief assessment that challenges them to play teacher while correcting a peer's work. Scholars examine Carl's mathematical response, identify where he went wrong,...
Worksheet
Worksheet Web

Learning About Rate

For Students 5th - 7th Standards
After reading a one-page passage on how to understand and solve distance/rate problems, young mathematicians answer six word problems that have them correctly set up the formula in order to solve for the distnace, rate, or time in the...

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