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PBS

Pbs: Math With Jake: Transposition Using Ratios

For Students 6th - 8th
Composer and ukulele artist Jake Shimabukuro describes the concept of transposing notes in music and how ratios are applied in this video from Center for Asian American Media. Shimabukuro explains how to transpose music written in the...
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Simple Programs to Apply Formulas

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students learn how to write simple programs to evaluate formulas in several variables for lists of data. They apply these skills to the computation of areas, volumes and surface areas of familiar geometric solids.
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Other

Math I Ly: Discrete Mathematics in the Real World

For Students 10th - 12th
This resource provides short descriptions, with links to longer explanations, of examples of discrete mathematics as applied to our everyday lives and as used in important and interesting research and corporate applications.
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Other

The Actuarial Foundation: Math Academy: Dining Out [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students will understand and apply concepts of fractions, decimals and percents to count money, make change, figure tax/tips and participate in other restaurant-related activities.
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Oswego City School District

Regents Exam Prep Center: Rational (Fractional) Expressions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A wealth of resources to help you in planning classroom instruction on rational expressions: lesson plans offer guidelines for and examples of simplifying, adding and subtracting, multiplying and dividing rational expressions; practice...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Science Careers: Mathematician

For Students 9th - 10th
Mathematicians work in many areas. Some are applied mathematicians, some theoretical, but all use mathematics as a way to figure things out by using deduction. This Science Buddies site lays out the requirements needed to become a...
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Stefan Warner and Steven R. Costenoble

Finite Mathematics & Applied Calculus: Matrix Addition and Scalar Multiplication

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Students learn about matrix addition and subtraction, and scalar multiplication. The tutorial consists of class notes, examples, and practice problems. Review exercises and a chapter quiz are included.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: G Mg How Many Cells Are in the Human Body?

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
About how many cells are in the human body? The purpose of this task is for students to apply the concepts of mass, volume, and density in a real-world context. Aligns with G-MG.A.2.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: G Co Building a Tile Pattern by Reflecting Octagons

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This task applies reflections to a regular octagon to construct a pattern of four octagons enclosing a quadrilateral. The focus of the task is on using the properties of reflections to deduce that the quadrilateral is actually a square....
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: G Co Parallelograms and Translations

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In this task, young scholars apply the definition of a parallelogram in the context of a geometric construction. Aligns with G-CO.C.11.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: G Gpe Equal Area Triangles on the Same Base Ii

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This task has students apply their knowledge of parallel lines to solve a geometric problem on areas of triangles. The task is open-ended in that students can choose their method of completing the task. Aligns with G-GPE.B.5.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: G Gpe Scaling a Triangle in the Coordinate Plane

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
The goal of this task is to apply dilations to a triangle in the coordinate plane. Young scholars will need to find the coordinates of a point which cuts a given segment into one third and into two thirds. The two dilated triangles share...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: F Tf Trigonometric Ratios and the Pythagorean Theorem

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
The purpose of this task is to use the Pythagorean Theorem to establish a fundamental trigonometric identity for an acute angle. The reasoning behind this identity is then applied to calculate a cosine for a given obtuse angle. Aligns...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Algebra: Graphs of Polynomials Using Transformations

For Students 11th - 12th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this lesson, students apply transformations to uncommon polynomial functions. Students examine guided notes, review guided practice, watch instructional videos...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Geometry: Tangent Lines

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This concept teaches students about tangent lines and how to apply theorems related to tangents of circles.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Trigonometry: Applications of Inverse Trigonometric Functions

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Here you'll learn how to apply inverse trig functions to solve problems you would see in real-life situations.
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: It Is About Time

For Teachers 2nd Standards
Second graders worked on telling time to the hour and half hour earlier in the year. Now they will apply their understanding of counting by 5s to telling time to the five minute interval.
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Associative Property

For Teachers 3rd
Children need to understand why the mathematical properties work and how they are applied. In this lesson, we explore modeling and "proving" the associative property.
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Career Profile: Computer Software Engineer

For Students 6th - 9th
For those students interested in developing cool video game software for computer or those who enjoy applying their compter science skills to solve problems, a career as a computer software engineer might be worth examining. This Science...
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Triangle Proportionality Theorem: Lesson 4

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson presents how to apply the triangle proportionality theorem to solve for unknown variables and side lengths. It is 4 of 6 in the series titled "Triangle Proportionality Theorem."
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Other

Wpi: Exponential Growth and Decay

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site explains exponential growth and decay and how it applies to the real world with its use in bacterial populations.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Challenge Problems: Inscribed Shapes

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Solve three challenging problems that apply properties of inscribed shapes to find an arc length or a missing angle.
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Oswego City School District

Regents Exam Prep Center: Counting Principle

For Students 9th - 10th
The counting principle is even easier to understand after reading this tutorial. There are practice problems and a teacher resource page included.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: G Mg Ice Cream Cone

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
You have been hired by the owner of a local ice cream parlor to assist in his company's new venture. The company will soon sell its ice cream cones in the freezer section of local grocery stores. The manufacturing process requires that...

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